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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses;
[syn: mobocracy, ochlocracy]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ochlocracy \Och*loc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; 'o`chlos the populace, multitude + kratei^n to be strong, to rule, kra`tos strength: cf. F. ochlocratie.] A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy; mob rule. --Hare. [1913 Webster] Ochlocratic
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ochlocracy n 1: a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses [syn: mobocracy, ochlocracy]