mobocracy

English

Etymology

From mob +‎ -o- +‎ -cracy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mɒbˈɒkɹəsi/

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.
   • 2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2010, page 270:

     That this ultrareactionary mobocracy was composed mainly of people with brown skins ought to have made no difference.

Synonyms

• ochlocracy

Translations

rule of the mob

Chinese: Mandarin: 暴民 (zh) (bàomín), 暴民统治 Czech: ochlokracie (cs) f, lůzovláda (cs) f Dutch: ochlocratie (nl) f French: ochlocratie (fr) f Greek: οχλοκρατία (el) f (ochlokratía) Italian: oclocrazia (it) f Japanese: 衆愚政治 (しゅうぐせいじ, shūguseiji) Korean: 중우정치(衆愚政治) (ko) (jung'ujeongchi) Spanish: oclocracia (es) f Tamil: கும்பலாட்சி (kumpalāṭci) Vietnamese: sự thống trị của quần chúng