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mobocracy

[ mob-ok-ruh-see ]

/ mɒbˈɒk rə si /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR mobocracy ON THESAURUS.COM

noun, plural mob·oc·ra·cies.

political control by a mob.

the mob as a ruling class.

Origin of mobocracy

First recorded in 1745–55; mob¹ + -o- + -cracy

OTHER WORDS FROM mobocracy

mob·o·crat

[mob-uh-krat] /ˈmɒb əˌkræt/, noun mob·o·crat·ic, mob·o·crat·i·cal, adjective

Words nearby mobocracy

mobility housing, mobilize, moble, moblog, mobo, mobocracy, mobs, mobster, mobuto lake, mobutu, mobutu sese seko

Example sentences from the Web for mobocracy

Politics must be annexed to our government by such legal provisions, instead of being left to boss monopoly or mobocracy.

The Arena |Various
The Manchester merchants are often termed a millocracy, and words of a similar character are mobocracy and moneyocracy.

The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten
This looks a little too much like mobocracy, it foretells some evil intentions.

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3 |Joseph Smith
I proceeded to Nauvoo—I gazed upon its ruins—the direful work of mobocracy.

Biography and Family Record of Lorenzo Snow |Eliza R. Snow Smith

These scenes of mobocracy continued to exist with unabated fury.

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3 |Joseph Smith

British Dictionary definitions for mobocracy

mobocracy

/ (mɒˈbɒkrəsɪ) /

noun plural -cies

rule or domination by a mob

the mob that rules

Derived forms of mobocracy

mobocrat (ˈmɒbəˌkræt), noun mobocratic or mobocratical, adjective