mobocracy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: mobocracy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for mobocracy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mobocracy n a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses Synonym(s): mobocracy, ochlocracy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Mobocracy \Moboc"racy\, n. [Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy.] A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights. It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. --Walpole.