mobocracy

mob·oc·ra·cy (m

-s

)

n. pl. mob·oc·ra·cies

1. Political control by a mob.

2. The mass of common people as the source of political control.

mobo·crat (m

-kr

) n.

mobo·cratic, mobo·crati·cal adj.

mobocracy [mɒˈbɒkrəsɪ]

n pl -cies

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) rule or domination by a mob

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the mob that rules

mobocrat [ˈmɒbəˌkræt] n

mobocratic , mobocratical adj

mobocracy

government by the mob; the mob as ruler or dominant force in society. — mobocrat, n. — mobocratic, adj.

See also: Government

Mobocracy mob-rule; rule by the lowest classes, 1754.

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Noun

mobocracy - a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses

ochlocracy

form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power

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Crowds
form of government
government
lawlessness
mobocrat
ochlocracy
political system

Constitutional Republics are a deliberate attempt to diminish the threat of mobocracy thereby protecting minority groups from the tyranny of the majority by placing checks on the power of the majority of the population.

DEMOCRACY by Muhammad Meraj Kabir Khan / Government community

The conservative blogger Tim Hulsey sees the undead as a Randian nightmare vision, a mobocracy in which "weak and incompetent corpses band together and achieve a dominance over the living minority that they could not otherwise attain.

We the living dead: the convoluted politics of zombie cinema by Cavanaugh, Tim / Reason

The American Founders, by way of contrast, understood that democracy (unrestrained majority rule, rather than the rule of law) was incompatible with ordered liberty and individual rights, and was a forerunner to mobocracy followed by tyranny.

George W. Bush: U.S. to illuminate the globe by The New American

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