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ochlocracy
noun as in lynch law
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You're going hand in hand with ochlocracy and anarchy, the arch enemy of all legislative order, all civilization and all humanity.
Beggars attack the common right; the ochlocracy rises against demos.
Then the mob of a capital city has overwhelmed the democracy in an ochlocracy.
Ochlocracy, ok-lok′ra-si, n. mob-rule: government by the populace.
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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ochlocracy, such as: criminal syndicalism, gang rule, kangaroo court, mob law, mobocracy, and mob rule.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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