Definition of Mobocracy

1. Noun. A political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses.

Exact synonyms: Ochlocracy
Generic synonyms: Form Of Government, Political System

Definition of Mobocracy

1. n. A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.

Definition of Mobocracy

1. Noun. Rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mobocracy

1. [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mobocracy

mobisode
mobisodes
moble
mobled
mobles
moblike
mobling
moblog
moblogged
moblogger
mobloggers
moblogging
moblogs
mobmobile
mobocracies
mobocracy (current term)
mobocrat
mobocratic
mobocrats
mobos
mobot
mobots
mobs
mobsman
mobsmen
mobster
mobsters
moby
moc
moc toe

Literary usage of Mobocracy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Times of Wendell Phillips by George Lowell Austin (1888)
""The Commercial Gazette " excites the mobocracy. — The Ladies assemble at the Hall. — The Opening Exercises. — The Mob gain Possession of the Hall. ..."

2. Judge Haliburton's Yankee Stories by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1846)
"ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY AND YANKEE mobocracy WHEN we have taken our tower, said the Clockmaker, I estimate I will return to the J7-nited States for good and all ..."

3. A Memorial Volume of American History: McKinley and Men of Our Times by Edward Leigh Pell, James William Buel, James Penny Boyd (1901)
"The world savage, and the world civilized has been in the control of mobocracy; absence of authority, save that seized by hands having the temporary ..."

4. The Land of Promise; Or, My Impressions of Australia by William Shaw (1854)
"... its Contents—Diggers at Work— Prospecting Hints—Mining Rights—Method of Abstraction—Form of License—mobocracy Repressed — Right Overawes Might—Rifling a ..."

5. The Clockmaker: Or, The Sayings and Doings of Sam Slick, of Slickville. To by Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1839)
"ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY AND YANKEE mobocracy. WHEN we have taken our tower, said the Clockmaker, I estimate I will return to the £/-nited States for good and ..."

6. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1834)
"mobocracy ! The largest and most respectable portion of the audience. Truly a mobocracy ! (2.) « Error 3d.—"Mr. Maxwell then took his hat and invited all ..."

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