'Mobocracy' definitions:
Definition of 'mobocracy'
(from WordNet)
noun
A political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses [syn: mobocracy, ochlocracy]
Definition of 'Mobocracy'
From: GCIDE
- Mobocracy \Mob*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy.] A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights. [1913 Webster]
- It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]