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Definition of Mobocracies
1. mobocracy [n] - See also: mobocracy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mobocracies
Literary usage of Mobocracies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Retrospections of an Active Life by John Bigelow (1909)
"Those who are tired of revolutions and of mobocracies and political corruptions
may look forward with hope. By an accidental coincidence Genl. Chas. ..."
2. The Mercersburg Review by Reformed Church in the United States Publication Board, Franklin and Marshall College Alumni Association (1861)
"... then not unlikely is it that, among the many little monarchies and republics
and aristocracies and mobocracies, which will be formed from their ruins, ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"571. mobocracy (mob-ok'ra-si), H. ; pi. mobocracies (-six). [Irreg. < E.
mob2 + -o-cracy as in democracy, aristocracy, etc.] 1. ..."
4. Retrospections of an Active Life by John Bigelow (1909)
"Those who are tired of revolutions and of mobocracies and political corruptions
may look forward with hope. By an accidental coincidence Genl. Chas. ..."
5. Arbitrary Arrests in the South; Or, Scenes from the Experience of an Alabama by Robert Seymour Symmes Tharin (1863)
"Then came those terrible associations,—the inevitable outgrowth of all
mobocracies,—associations of proscription ! The vigilance committee, the " committee ..."
6. Christianity Applied to Our Civil and Social Relations by Hubbard Winslow (1835)
"... and darkens so many public journals, and the consequent reign of mobocracies
and riots, is increasing in the land with alarming speed. ..."
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