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单词 ochlocracy
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'.

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