Mobocracy (Noun)
Meaning
A political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The city descended into a state of mobocracy after the government collapsed, with different factions vying for control.
- In the absence of a strong central authority, the country was at risk of slipping into a mobocracy.
- Critics argued that the new law would create a mobocracy, where the loudest and most extreme voices held the most power.
- The protesters' demands for immediate action and zero tolerance for dissent had all the hallmarks of a nascent mobocracy.
- Historians have long debated whether the French Revolution's Reign of Terror was a manifestation of mobocracy or a necessary step towards a more just society.