The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mobocracy
Mobocracy \Mob*oc"ra*cy\, n. [Mob rabble + -cracy, as in democracy.] A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.
It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our
present situation (for one can not call it a
government), a mobocracy.
--Walpole.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mobocracy
"mob rule," 1754, a hybrid from mob (n.) + -cracy. Related: Mobocrat; mobocratic.
Wiktionary
mobocracy
n. rule or control by the mob (or by the mass of ordinary people); a mob as a politically powerful force.
Usage examples of "mobocracy".
What we need, to ward off mobocracy and safeguard a civilized form of government, is more of this sniffing.