Mobocrat

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who favours a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint.

    "he impales the idiotic notion, possibly entertained by a brainless mobocrat here and there, that, if you only perfect your voting apparatus, you are absolutely certain of good government."

Example

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"he impales the idiotic notion, possibly entertained by a brainless mobocrat here and there, that, if you only perfect your voting apparatus, you are absolutely certain of good government."

Etymology

From mob + -o- + -crat.

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