oclocracia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.klo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.klo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.klo.kɾaˈsi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.klu.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: o‧clo‧cra‧ci‧a

Noun

oclocracia f (plural oclocracias)

1. ochlocracy (government by the masses)

Spanish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀχλοκρατία (okhlokratía, “mob rule”), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “crowd, throng”) + κράτος (krátos, “might, strength”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /okloˈkɾaθja/ [o.kloˈkɾa.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /okloˈkɾasja/ [o.kloˈkɾa.sja]
• Rhymes: -aθja
• Rhymes: -asja
• Syllabification: o‧clo‧cra‧cia

Noun

oclocracia f (plural oclocracias)

1. ochlocracy

   Antonym: oligarquía

Derived terms

• oclocrático

Further reading

• “oclocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10