mobocracy
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- noun
- /məˈbɒkrəsi/
- Formal
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mobocracia
- This is one of the main reasons why America has degenerated into a mobocracy and all semblance of a Constitutional Republic has withered on the vine.
Examples
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Political analysts argue that unchecked populism may result in mobocracy, undermining democratic institutions and processes.
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Irvin argued that when in control, religious enthusiasts have persecuted others throughout history and that allowing a majority of voters to decide an issue like temperance was a form of mobocracy.
Academic text (2009) -
The remedy he proposes for the recent spate of lynchings and other evidence of "mobocracy" is to hold firmly to the memory of 1776.
Academic text (2001) -
Disobedience could not be "civil." In the Lyceum Address, Lincoln called for a "political religion" of reverence for the laws, to reverse America's descent from a decent democracy to a mobocracy.
Academic text (1996) -
She sniffs, prods, plumb-bobs, and interrogates; scorning the lazy mobocracy of bunches, she clips especially promising specimens off their stems.
Fiction book (1996) -
The rise of misinformation has led many to fear a shift towards mobocracy, where the majority rules without regard for minority rights.
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In recent elections, critics warned that a mobocracy could emerge if the voices of extremists were allowed to dominate public debate.
Synonyms
Control of a government by a violent or disorderly mob
Antonyms
How Mob-Ruled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word mobocracy comes from the English mob ('crowd') and the ending -ocracy ('rule'), the same ending in democracy. So mobocracy means 'rule by a crowd', which explains why it refers to government by mob rule.