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ochlo-

ochlo- prefix: crowd, mob.

Prefix

ochlo-

  1. Crowd, mob.
    • ochlo- + -cracy → ochlocracy (“rule by a mob”)
    • ochlo- + -philia → ochlophilia (“a love of crowds and crowded places”)

Origin of ochlo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “crowd”).

Questions about ochlo-

What does ochlo- mean?
Ochlo- means crowd, mob.
What part of speech is ochlo-?
Ochlo- is a prefix.

Words near ochlo- in the dictionary

  1. ochleses
  2. ochlesid
  3. ochlesids
  4. ochlesis
  5. ochletic
  6. ochlo-
  7. ochlocracies
  8. ochlocracy
  9. ochlocrat
  10. ochlocratic
  11. ochlocratical

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