noun · countable / uncountable

ochlocracy

och·lo·cra·cy

ochlocracy · ochlocracies

охлократія

охлократия

Ochlokratie, Pöbelherrschaft

Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracyMob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy.

UK/ɒkˈlɒk.ɹə.si/US/ɑkˈlɑ.kɹə.si/

Meaning

1 senses

(countable, uncountable)Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy.
Ochlokratie, Pöbelherrschaft
охлокра́тияoxlokrátija
охлокра́тіяoxlokrátija
a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses

Translations

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Origin

From Middle French ochlocratie, from Ancient Greek ὀχλοκρατία (okhlokratía), from ὄχλος (ó

From Middle French ochlocratie, from Ancient Greek ὀχλοκρατία (okhlokratía), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “multitude, crowd”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”). Equivalent to ochlo- + -cracy.

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