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单词 ochlocracy
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Definition of ochlocracy in English:

ochlocracy

noun ɒkˈlɒkrəsiäkˈläkrəsē
mass noun

  • Government by the populace; mob rule.

    平民政府；暴民统治

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Therefore, it is never political virtue that profits by or promotes extreme democracy or ochlocracy, but it is instead the demagogue's ambition.
    • Sometimes ochlocracy and democracy, perhaps, denote and connote the same thing.

Derivatives

  • ochlocrat

    • noun
    • But every ochlocrat must meet his end on this boulevard.

  • ochlocratic

    • adjective
    • People have been accusing democratic systems of being ochlocratic since the mid-5th century BC.

Origin

Late 16th century: via French from Greek okhlokratia, from okhlos 'mob' + -kratia 'power'.

Definition of ochlocracy in US English:

ochlocracy

nounäkˈläkrəsē

  • Government by a mob; mob rule.

    平民政府；暴民统治

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sometimes ochlocracy and democracy, perhaps, denote and connote the same thing.
    • Therefore, it is never political virtue that profits by or promotes extreme democracy or ochlocracy, but it is instead the demagogue's ambition.

Origin

Late 16th century: via French from Greek okhlokratia, from okhlos ‘mob’ + -kratia ‘power’.
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