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[syn: mobocracy, ochlocracy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mobocracy \Mob*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Mob rabble + -cracy, as in
democracy.]
A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control
public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested
rights.
[1913 Webster]
It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our
present situation (for one can not call it a
government), a mobocracy. --Walpole.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mobocracy
n 1: a political system in which a mob is the source of control;
government by the masses [syn: mobocracy, ochlocracy]