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mobocracy
noun
uk /mɒbˈɒk.rə.si/ us /mɑːˈbɑː.krə.si/
[ U ]
rule by a mob(= a large, angry crowd, especially one that could become violent):
He contemptuously described their tactics as government by mobocracy.
Instead of mobocracy, the party tried to offer another solution.
[ C ]
a mob that has power, or is in control :
The mobocracy tries to force its will on the people.
It was a mobocracy that scorned learning and terrorized the population.
We need to avoid the dangerous extremes of both tyranny and mobocracy.
Any group that tries to use the government to impose its own wishes on others is just a mobocracy.
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