mobocracy
UK/mɒbˈɒkɹəsi/
mobocracy noun: rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.
Noun
mobocracy (countable and uncountable, plural mobocracies)
- Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.
- That this ultrareactionary mobocracy was composed mainly of people with brown skins ought to have made no difference.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2010, page 270
- Synonyms:
- ochlocracy
mobocracy meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Gujarati and Vietnamese
mobocracy in Tamil
- rule of the mob
- கும்பலாட்சி kumpalāṭci
mobocracy in Urdu
- انبوہ راج, ہجوم شاہی
mobocracy in Gujarati
- mobocracy, rowdyism
- ટોળાશાહી ṭoḷāśāhī
mobocracy in Vietnamese
- rule of the mob
- sự thống trị của quần chúng
Synonyms of mobocracy
Forms of mobocracy
| plural | mobocracies |
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Origin of mobocracy
From mob + -o- + -cracy.
Questions about mobocracy
- What does mobocracy mean?
- Mobocracy means rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.
- What is mobocracy in Tamil?
- Mobocracy in Tamil is கும்பலாட்சி (kumpalāṭci). See Mobocracy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mobocracy?
- Mobocracy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mobocracy?
- Mobocracy is pronounced /mɒbˈɒkɹəsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of mobocracy?
- The plural of mobocracy is mobocracies.
Words near mobocracy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mobocracy (page history and authors); mobocracy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ટોળાશાહી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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