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mobocracy (n.)

"mob rule, government by the disorderly classes," 1754, a hybrid from mob (n.) + -cracy "rule or government by." Related: Mobocrat "leader of a mob, a demagogue" (1798); mobocratic.

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Definitions of mobocracy from WordNet

mobocracy (n.)
a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses;
Synonyms: ochlocracy
From wordnet.princeton.edu