"ochlocrat" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ochlo-",
        "3": "-o-",
        "4": "-crat",
        "t1": "mob",
        "t3": "supporter of rule thereby"
      },
      "expansion": "ochlo- (“mob”) + -o- + -crat (“supporter of rule thereby”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ochlo- (“mob”) + -o- + -crat (“supporter of rule thereby”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ochlocrats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ochlocrat (plural ochlocrats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms interfixed with -o-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with ochlo-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -crat",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ochlocratic"
        },
        {
          "word": "ochlocratical"
        },
        {
          "word": "ochlocratically"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1897: Gilbert Murray, M.A., A history of ancient Greek literature, page 338 (D. Appleton and Company)",
          "text": "But Lysias was an unabashed ‘ ochlocrat.’ He was at this time poor, and his citizenship was shown to be illegal almost as soon as it was granted."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, The War of the Saints, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 117, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“You, Father, are an ochlocrat. No heresy in our time is more noxious than trying to implant ochlocracy in the Church. And that’s what you’re trying to do.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Heinrich August Winkler, translated by Alexander Sager, Germany: The Long Road West, 1789–1933, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59, →ISBN:",
          "text": "‘The people are as holy as the mob is unholy. A democract is one who wants government for the people and by the people. Someone who wants mob rule is called an “ochlocrat”.’ [from ochlos, Greek for ‘mass’, ‘mob’ (h.a.w.)] The three estates, the nobility, peasantry, and bourgeoisie, must have advisory and co-determinative political power in all issues and requirements of the country; the princes are to exercise executive authority ‘within boundaries established by the general laws of Germany’.³¹",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; an advocate of mob rule."
      ],
      "id": "en-ochlocrat-en-noun-0AjNleso",
      "links": [
        [
          "adherent",
          "adherent"
        ],
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "ochlocracy",
          "ochlocracy"
        ],
        [
          "advocate",
          "advocate"
        ],
        [
          "mob rule",
          "mob rule"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "-crat"
        },
        {
          "word": "ochlo-"
        },
        {
          "word": "ochlagogue"
        },
        {
          "word": "ochlagogy"
        },
        {
          "word": "ochlocracy"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒkləkɹæt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ochlocrat"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ochlocratic"
    },
    {
      "word": "ochlocratical"
    },
    {
      "word": "ochlocratically"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ochlo-",
        "3": "-o-",
        "4": "-crat",
        "t1": "mob",
        "t3": "supporter of rule thereby"
      },
      "expansion": "ochlo- (“mob”) + -o- + -crat (“supporter of rule thereby”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ochlo- (“mob”) + -o- + -crat (“supporter of rule thereby”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ochlocrats",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ochlocrat (plural ochlocrats)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-crat"
    },
    {
      "word": "ochlo-"
    },
    {
      "word": "ochlagogue"
    },
    {
      "word": "ochlagogy"
    },
    {
      "word": "ochlocracy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms interfixed with -o-",
        "English terms prefixed with ochlo-",
        "English terms suffixed with -crat",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1897: Gilbert Murray, M.A., A history of ancient Greek literature, page 338 (D. Appleton and Company)",
          "text": "But Lysias was an unabashed ‘ ochlocrat.’ He was at this time poor, and his citizenship was shown to be illegal almost as soon as it was granted."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Jorge Amado, translated by Gregory Rabassa, The War of the Saints, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 117, →ISBN:",
          "text": "“You, Father, are an ochlocrat. No heresy in our time is more noxious than trying to implant ochlocracy in the Church. And that’s what you’re trying to do.”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Heinrich August Winkler, translated by Alexander Sager, Germany: The Long Road West, 1789–1933, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 59, →ISBN:",
          "text": "‘The people are as holy as the mob is unholy. A democract is one who wants government for the people and by the people. Someone who wants mob rule is called an “ochlocrat”.’ [from ochlos, Greek for ‘mass’, ‘mob’ (h.a.w.)] The three estates, the nobility, peasantry, and bourgeoisie, must have advisory and co-determinative political power in all issues and requirements of the country; the princes are to exercise executive authority ‘within boundaries established by the general laws of Germany’.³¹",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; an advocate of mob rule."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "adherent",
          "adherent"
        ],
        [
          "principle",
          "principle"
        ],
        [
          "ochlocracy",
          "ochlocracy"
        ],
        [
          "advocate",
          "advocate"
        ],
        [
          "mob rule",
          "mob rule"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒkləkɹæt/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ochlocrat"
}