单词 | mob-rule |
释义 | > as lemmasmob-rule mob-rule n. rule imposed and enforced by a mob. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [noun] > of the mob ochlocratia1584 ochlocracy1594 mob government1703 mobocracy1754 mob law1809 mob-rule1837 pollarchy1853 1837 Southern Literary Messenger June 348/2 Demagogue influence, mob rule and even capital execution without trial, make a healthy and courageous land look pale with apprehension. 1869 A. Maclaren Serm. preached in Manch. 2nd Ser. vii. 123 The willing spirit sets us free,..free from the mob rule of Passions and Appetites. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 141/2 Their rule was mostly judicious, and when at last they lost control the ensuing mob-rule soon ruined the country. 1984 Daily Express 21 July 8/1 There is a certain satisfaction seeing the mob-rule militants clobbered by their own weapons. < as lemmas |
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