ochlocracy

Noun

Meaning

A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mobocracy revolution disorder confusion rebellion autonomy chaos aristocracy turmoil anarchy nihilism disorganization misrule anarchism colonialism

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Antonyms

empire order law structure organization faith

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Hypernyms

political system form of government

Examples

I could see how "democracy" might do very well in a society of saints and sages led by an Alfred or an Antoninus Pius. Short of that, I was unable to see how it could come to anything but an ochlocracy of mass-men led by a sagacious knave. Albert Jay Nock

Close letter words and terms

ochlesis ochletic ochlo- ochlocrat ochlocratic ochlocratical