"mobocracy" meaning in English

See mobocracy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mɒbˈɒkɹəsi/ [UK] Forms: mobocracies [plural]
Etymology: From mob + -o- + -cracy. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|mob|-o-|-cracy}} mob + -o- + -cracy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mobocracy (countable and uncountable, plural mobocracies)
  1. Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: ochlocracy Translations (rule of the mob): 暴民 (bàomín) (Chinese Mandarin), 暴民统治 (Chinese Mandarin), ochlokracie [feminine] (Czech), lůzovláda [feminine] (Czech), ochlocratie [feminine] (Dutch), ochlocratie [feminine] (French), οχλοκρατία (ochlokratía) [feminine] (Greek), oclocrazia [feminine] (Italian), 衆愚政治 (shūguseiji) (alt: しゅうぐせいじ) (Japanese), 중우정치 (jung'ujeongchi) (alt: 衆愚政治) (Korean), oclocracia [feminine] (Spanish), கும்பலாட்சி (kumpalāṭci) (Tamil), sự thống trị của quần chúng (Vietnamese)

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