What does "mobocracy" mean?

Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.

What is a synonym for "mobocracy"?

Common synonyms include: ochlocracy, ochlocracy, anarchism, anarchy, aristocracy, autarchy.

Pronounced //mɒbˈɒkɹəsi//.

//mɒbˈɒkɹəsi// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Noun

1
Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force. countable, uncountable
"That this ultrareactionary mobocracy was composed mainly of people with brown skins ought to have made no difference."
2
a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses wordnet

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

From mob + -o- + -cracy.

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