Meaning ochlocracy
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ochlocracy"government by the rabble," 1580s, from French ochlocratie (1560s), from Greek okhlokratia (Polybius) "mob rule," the lowest grade of democracy, from kratos "rule, power, stre [..]
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ochlocracy(n) a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
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Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy. from 1475–1485.
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