= ochlocracy, n.

Government by the populace; mob rule; a state, etc., ruled or dominated by the populace. Also figurative.

Mob rule, government by a mob; an instance of this.

†(a) a law imposed by a mob (obsolete); (b) = mob-rule n.

rule imposed and enforced by a mob.

Rule or government by the masses; (also) the masses as a ruling body or political force. Cf. mobocracy, n.