ochlocracy (redirected from ochlocrats)

och·loc·ra·cy  (k-lkr-s)

n. pl. och·loc·ra·cies

Government by the masses; mob rule.

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[French ochlocratie, from Greek okhlokrati : okhlos, mob; see wegh- in Indo-European roots + -krati, -cracy.]

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ochlo·crat (kl-krt) n.

ochlo·cratic, ochlo·crati·cal adj.

ochlo·crati·cal·ly adv.

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ochlocracy

a rule or government by a mob. — ochlocrat, n. — ochlocratie, ochlocratical, adj.

See also: Mob

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Ochlocracy rule by the mob, 1584.

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ochlocracy - a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses mobocracy form of government, political system - the members of a social organization who are in power