ochlocracy
Syllables: och·lo·cra·cyUK/ɒkˈlɒk.ɹə.si//ɑkˈlɑ.kɹə.si/
ochlocracy noun: mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy.
Noun
ochlocracy (countable and uncountable, plural ochlocracies)
- Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy.
- Referendums are snapshots of sentiment at a given point in time. Government by referendum is government by crowd acclamation: not democracy, but ochlocracy. That is exactly why we have representative democracy. If referendums would be a poor way to decide on health and safety, air traffic control...2016 July 1, A[nthony] C[lifford] Grayling, “Professor A C Grayling’s letter to all 650 MPs urging Parliament not to support a motion to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty”, in New College of...
- This constitutes a grave threat to the American Republic and degrades it into an Ochlocracy, or government by mob rule.2021, Ronald T. Libby, American Ochlocracy: Black Lives Matter & Mob Rule, independently published →ISBN, back of the book
ochlocracy meaning in Tamil, Indonesian and Thai
ochlocracy in Tamil
- கும்பலால் நடத்தப்படும் ஆட்சி, கும்பலாட்சி
ochlocracy in Indonesian
- government by the masses
- oklokrasi
ochlocracy in Thai
- government by the masses
- กฎหมู่
Forms of ochlocracy
| plural | ochlocracies |
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Origin of ochlocracy
From Middle French ochlocratie, from Ancient Greek ὀχλοκρατία (okhlokratía), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “multitude, crowd”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”). Equivalent to ochlo- + -cracy.
Words formed from ochlocracy
Questions about ochlocracy
- What does ochlocracy mean?
- Ochlocracy means mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy.
- What is ochlocracy in Tamil?
- Ochlocracy in Tamil is கும்பலால் நடத்தப்படும் ஆட்சி, கும்பலாட்சி. See Ochlocracy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is ochlocracy?
- Ochlocracy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ochlocracy?
- Ochlocracy is pronounced /ɒkˈlɒk.ɹə.si/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ochlocracy?
- The plural of ochlocracy is ochlocracies.
Words near ochlocracy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ochlocracy (page history and authors); ochlocracy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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