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OCHLOCRACY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ochlocracy mean? 

OCHLOCRACY (noun)
  The noun OCHLOCRACY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: OCHLOCRACY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OCHLOCRACY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

mobocracy; ochlocracy

Hypernyms ("ochlocracy" is a kind of...):

form of government; political system (the members of a social organization who are in power)


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