ochlocracy
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prettygoodwordochlocracy (ok-LOK-ruh-see) - n., mob rule.
Government by the mob, mobocracy. Borrowed around 1480 from Middle French, from Greek ochlokratía, from óchlos, mob + -kratia, rule (by). Not pretty.
---L.
Government by the mob, mobocracy. Borrowed around 1480 from Middle French, from Greek ochlokratía, from óchlos, mob + -kratia, rule (by). Not pretty.
---L.
