单词 | mobocratic |
释义 | mobocraticadj. Of, relating to, or of the nature of mobocracy; that advocates mobocracy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > rule of any class or persons > [adjective] > of the mob ochlocratoric1646 ochlocratical1647 mobocratical1754 mobocratic1775 ochlocratic1835 1775 J. Tucker Let. to Burke (ed. 2) 14 Tarring and Feathering would be the mildest Punishment, which such a Rebel against this (Mob-cratic) Constitution could expect. 1836 H. B. Stowe in Life (1889) iv. 85 All the newspapers..were either silent or openly ‘mobocratic’. 1855 F. Douglass My Bondage & my Freedom 437 The presence of slavery may be explained by..the mobocratic violence which lately disgraced New York. 1889 J. M. Robertson Ess. Crit. Method 23 His dislike of mobocratic and democratic principles. 1969 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 55 824 Although Sumner consistently defended middle-class society against either extreme, he tended to emphasise mobocratic dangers. 1992 Current Digest Post-Soviet Press (Nexis) 8 Apr. 18 The pro-Gamsakhurdia movement [in Georgia].., mobocratic in its essence, is doomed to failure without a strong populist leader. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1775 |
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