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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD OCHLOCRACY

Via French, from Greek okhlokratia, from okhlos mob + kratos power.
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PRONUNCIATION OF OCHLOCRACY

ochlocracy  [ɒkˈlɒkrəsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OCHLOCRACY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ochlocracy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES OCHLOCRACY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ochlocracy

Ochlocracy or mob rule is the rule of government by mob or a mass of people, or the intimidation of legitimate authorities. As a pejorative for majoritarianism, it is akin to the Latin phrase mobile vulgus meaning "the fickle crowd", from which the English term "mob" was originally derived in the 1680s. Ochlocracy is democracy spoiled by demagoguery, "tyranny of the majority", and the rule of passion over reason, just like oligarchy is aristocracy spoiled by corruption, and tyranny is monarchy spoiled by lack of virtue. Ochlocracy is synonymous in meaning and usage to the modern, informal term "mobocracy", which emerged from a much more recent colloquial etymology.

Definition of ochlocracy in the English dictionary

The definition of ochlocracy in the dictionary is rule by the mob; mobocracy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OCHLOCRACY


adhocracy
ædˈhɒkrəsɪ
aristocracy
ˌærɪˈstɒkrəsɪ
autocracy
ɔːˈtɒkrəsɪ
bureaucracy
bjʊəˈrɒkrəsɪ
democracy
dɪˈmɒkrəsɪ
demonocracy
ˌdiːmɒnˈɒkrəsɪ
doulocracy
duːˈlɒkrəsɪ
dulocracy
duːˈlɒkrəsɪ
gerontocracy
ˌdʒɛrɒnˈtɒkrəsɪ
hypocrisy
hɪˈpɒkrəsɪ
kakistocracy
ˌkækɪˈstɒkrəsɪ
kleptocracy
ˌklɛpˈtɒkrəsɪ
mediocracy
ˌmiːdɪˈɒkrəsɪ
meritocracy
ˌmɛrɪˈtɒkrəsɪ
millocracy
mɪˈlɒkrəsɪ
mobocracy
mɒˈbɒkrəsɪ
pedantocracy
ˌpedənˈtɒkrəsɪ
plutocracy
pluːˈtɒkrəsɪ
technocracy
tɛkˈnɒkrəsɪ
theocracy
θɪˈɒkrəsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OCHLOCRACY

och
oche
ocher
ocherous
ochery
ochidore
ochlocracies
ochlocrat
ochlocratic
ochlocratical
ochlocratically
ochlophobia
ochlophobiac
ochlophobic
ochone
ochraceous
ochre
ochrea
ochreae
ochreous

WORDS THAT END LIKE OCHLOCRACY

accuracy
Christian Democracy
chrysocracy
dollarocracy
gynocracy
industrial democracy
liberal democracy
monocracy
nomocracy
pantisocracy
parliamentary democracy
people´s democracy
physiocracy
plantocracy
pornocracy
ptochocracy
slavocracy
social democracy
stratocracy
thalassocracy
timocracy

Synonyms and antonyms of ochlocracy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ochlocracy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OCHLOCRACY

Find out the translation of ochlocracy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ochlocracy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ochlocracy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暴民政治
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

oclocracia
570 millions of speakers

English

ochlocracy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ochlocracy
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ochlocracy
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

охлократия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

oclocracia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুণ্ডারাজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gouvernement de populace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ochlocracy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ochlokratie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ochlocracy
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ochlocracy
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ochlocracy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ochlocracy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கும்பல் ஆட்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Ochlocracy
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

halk yönetimi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

oclocrazia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ochlocracy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

охлократія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ochlocracy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ochlocracy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ochlocratie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ochlocracy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ochlocracy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ochlocracy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCHLOCRACY»

The term «ochlocracy» is used very little and occupies the 174.364 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OCHLOCRACY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ochlocracy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCHLOCRACY»

Discover the use of ochlocracy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ochlocracy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ochlocracy: Argumentum Ad Populum, Bandwagon Effect, Polling ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ochlocracy is government by mob or a mass of people, or the intimidation of constitutional authorities.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
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Understanding Violence: The Intertwining of Morality, ...
Ochlocracy is defined by Polybius as the degenerated and pejorative form of democracy (1979). The thesis I will elaborate is that ochlocracy is established as a number of democratic values are simply caricatured and eventually violently ...
Lorenzo Magnani, 2011
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Seeking Chances: From Biased Rationality to Distributed ...
He may deliberately choose to reject as erroneous the results he got from an experiment, because they do not conform to the view held by the majority 2.6 When Biased Rationality Is Cognitive Ochlocracy 43 The Two Main Consequences of ...
Emanuele Bardone, 2011
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The Menace of the Herd, Or, Procrustes at Large
On account of the intellectual muddle caused by the forerunners and epigones of the French Revolution we see capitalism infecting even ochlocracy with its liberal - istic conceptions. In spite of the ominous beginning with the guillotine and ...
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, 1943
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Menace of the Herd or Procrustes at Large
On account of the intellectual muddle caused by the forerunners and cpigones oi the French Revolution we see capitalism infecting even ochlocracy with its liberalistic conceptions. In spite of the ominous beginning with the guillotine and such ...
E.R. von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
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Cultural Politics in Polybius's Histories
Yet when a new generation arises and lapses into forgetfulness, the people no longer value the cornerstones of democracy, ioip/opKl and Jtappno1a, and the worst of all possible governmental forms, the degenerate ochlocracy, or mob rule,  ...
Craige B. Champion, 2004
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Aristotle's Ethics and Politics: Politics
Such m This worst species of democracy is what Polybius calls an ochlocracy.— It takes place, he observes, wherever the will of the majority prevails ; one cafe only excepted, that of a people among whom it it habitual and hereditary to ...
Aristotle, John Gillies, 1797
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The Word: The Dictionary That Reveals the Hebrew Source of ...
... ocarina/AVIATE occasion/DECAY occult/CLOT occur/ACCELERATE/CAR/ OCCUR occurances/OCCUR ocean/CANE/OCEAN( A | ochlocracy/ OCHLOCRACY(A| ochlocrat/OCHLOCRACY(A| ochlophobia/OCHLOCRACY|A) octave/EIGHT ...
Isaac E. Mozeson, 2001
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H.L. Mencken's Smart Set Criticism
Ochlocracy. I find myself in a rather curious difficulty about The Behavior of Crowds: A Psychological Study, by Everett Dean Martin, for it is a book that I have long had a secret desire and intent to write myself, and Mr. Martin casts it in almost ...
H. L. Mencken, William H. Nolte, 2000
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Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the ...
... be modified in a thousand ways. The following are the forms of it which appear to be most worthy of being defined. Ochlocracy, or popular anarchy, takes place when a mob or a multi- | ochlocracy, tude unlawfully usurp a supreme power.
Conrad Malte-Brun, 1827

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OCHLOCRACY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ochlocracy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Threats to Awhad: Pawar writes to Chief Minister
“Such threats to pragmatic personalities is a shame for the Maharshtra and the rising intolerance and ochlocracy in the state is a cause of ... «Free Press Journal, Jul 15»
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If you like crowds, you may like this. Carl Jung notwithstanding
My Webster gives "ochlocracy" meaning mob rule as an entry with the same root. I was satisfied. And moved on. You may remember, Gentle ... «ChicagoNow, Jun 15»
3
Make way for the new media
The cheeky dare to the traditional media is the new media that rides on the back of the Internet — the most impudent tryout with ochlocracy and ... «The Asian Age, Jun 15»
4
Finding an antidote to populism
But the dreaded elephant in the room was always ochlocracy — mob rule. The mob was seen as wild, changeable, unstable and violent. «Eureka Street, Jun 15»
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Do working mums raise better boys?
But the dreaded elephant in the room was always ochlocracy — mob rule. Populism has shades of the triumph of the mob over the wisdom that, ... «Eureka Street, Jun 15»
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Colombian tribe scores 'historic' victory versus Big Gas
Ochlocracy. Reply | Pick. Report. msmarmite · 26 Mar 2015 8:38. 1 2. Actually, you're wrong. Indigenous people in Colombia, plus their rights ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
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The ABCs of Death 2 Blu-ray Review
... J is for Jesus; K is for Knell; L is for Legacy; M is for Masticate; O is for Ochlocracy (mob rule); P is for P-P-P-P SCARY!; Q is for Questionnaire; ... «Flix 66, Mar 15»
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The problem with populism
Report. jwestoby TylerSmiles. 17 Feb 2015 2:28. 0 1. All governance is repression. Ochlocracy can be just as totalitarian as oligarchy. Reply | «The Guardian, Feb 15»
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New on DVD/VOD
In a similar spirit, Hajime Ohata's O is for Ochlocracy is a Japanese film in which zombie-slayers are brought to trial by a jury of disgruntled ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Feb 15»
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“Social Nationalism”: The Ideology of the “New Ukraine”
... of democracy and liberalism, which generate rozbytthya Nation isolated on gray power unit and a crowd of famous personalities (ochlocracy). «Center for Research on Globalization, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Ochlocracy [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/ochlocracy>. Apr 2024 ».
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