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OCHLOCRACY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
Synonyms:
mobocracy; ochlocracy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("ochlocracy" is a kind of...):
form of government; political system (the members of a social organization who are in power)