OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23615

ochlocracy

/ɒkˈlɒk.ɹə.si/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
oclocracia
Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy.
Referendums are snapshots of sentiment at a given point in time. Government by referendum is government by crowd acclamation: not democracy, but ochlocracy. That is exactly why we…
This constitutes a grave threat to the American Republic and degrades it into an Ochlocracy, or government by mob rule.
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