| 释义 |
ochlocracy /ɒkˈlɒkrəsi /noun [mass noun]Government by the populace; mob rule.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.
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'. |