ochlocracyn.

Brit.

/ɒkˈlɒkrəsi/, U.S.

/ɑkˈlɑkrəsi/

Forms: 1500s–1600s ochlocracie, 1500s–1600s ochlocrasie, 1500s–1600s ochlocratie, 1500s–1600s ochlocraty, 1700s oclocracy, 1700s– ochlocracy.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ochlocratie.

Etymology: < Middle French, French ochlocratie government by the populace, mob rule (1568 in Le Roy's annotated translation of Aristotle; compare quot. 1594) < Hellenistic Greek ὀχλοκρατία mob rule < ancient Greek ὄχλος crowd, mob, multitude, of unknown origin + -κρατία rule, authority (see -cracy comb. form). Compare Italian oclocrazia (a1550). Compare slightly earlier ochlocratia n.

Government by the populace; mob rule; a state, etc., ruled or dominated by the populace. Also figurative.

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

1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 16^v There followeth a Democratie; by the outrages, and iniquities whereof, is againe erected the Ochlocratie.

1632 C. Downing State Eccl. Kingdom (1634) 16 If it begin to degenerate into an Ochlocratie.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. iv. 16 Pericles..brought in a confus'd Ochlocracie, whereby the Populace, and basest of the Rabble obtain'd as great a share in the Government, as Persons of the Highest Birth and Quality.

1766 B. Stevens Let. 21 Jan. in E. Stiles Extracts from Itineraries (1916) 566 In the late times of oclocracy some small damages have been done to the Sandimanian meeting house.

1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ iv. 223 The authority of a corrupt and tumultuous populace has indeed..been regarded rather as an ochlocracy than a democracy, as the despotism of the rabble, not the dominion of the people.

1858 Rotteck's Hist. World 81 Ochlocracy—with all its terrors, and with its full ignominy—had weighed upon the nation.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xcv. 337 The commonest of the old charges against democracy was that it passed into ochlocracy.

1908 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 4/7 There is nothing analogous to the constitution and condition of that mighty republic, or rather ochlocracy, which has, during the last fifteen or twenty years, superseded the old oligarchy in journalism.

1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Nov. 9/1 The removal of the veil of secular government (for Mr. Bazargan has frequently admitted it to be little more) reveals the ochlocracy, mob-rule, beneath.

1991 Observer 31 Mar. 18/1 Boris Yeltsin is off and running for President of Russia, backed by what Pravda calls ochlocracy (mob rule).

2011 L. Magnani Understanding Violence iii. 97 The violent emergence of a degenerated and perverted form of democracy—the so-called ochlocracy or mob rule.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ochlocracy
释义	ochlocracyn. Brit. /ɒkˈlɒkrəsi/, U.S. /ɑkˈlɑkrəsi/ Forms: 1500s–1600s ochlocracie, 1500s–1600s ochlocrasie, 1500s–1600s ochlocratie, 1500s–1600s ochlocraty, 1700s oclocracy, 1700s– ochlocracy. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ochlocratie. Etymology: < Middle French, French ochlocratie government by the populace, mob rule (1568 in Le Roy's annotated translation of Aristotle; compare quot. 1594) < Hellenistic Greek ὀχλοκρατία mob rule < ancient Greek ὄχλος crowd, mob, multitude, of unknown origin + -κρατία rule, authority (see -cracy comb. form). Compare Italian oclocrazia (a1550). Compare slightly earlier ochlocratia n. Government by the populace; mob rule; a state, etc., ruled or dominated by the populace. Also figurative. 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 1594 R. Ashley tr. L. le Roy Interchangeable Course i. f. 16^v There followeth a Democratie; by the outrages, and iniquities whereof, is againe erected the Ochlocratie. 1632 C. Downing State Eccl. Kingdom (1634) 16 If it begin to degenerate into an Ochlocratie. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. iv. 16 Pericles..brought in a confus'd Ochlocracie, whereby the Populace, and basest of the Rabble obtain'd as great a share in the Government, as Persons of the Highest Birth and Quality. 1766 B. Stevens Let. 21 Jan. in E. Stiles Extracts from Itineraries (1916) 566 In the late times of oclocracy some small damages have been done to the Sandimanian meeting house. 1791 J. Mackintosh Vindiciæ Gallicæ iv. 223 The authority of a corrupt and tumultuous populace has indeed..been regarded rather as an ochlocracy than a democracy, as the despotism of the rabble, not the dominion of the people. 1858 Rotteck's Hist. World 81 Ochlocracy—with all its terrors, and with its full ignominy—had weighed upon the nation. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. xcv. 337 The commonest of the old charges against democracy was that it passed into ochlocracy. 1908 Daily Chron. 31 Jan. 4/7 There is nothing analogous to the constitution and condition of that mighty republic, or rather ochlocracy, which has, during the last fifteen or twenty years, superseded the old oligarchy in journalism. 1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 17 Nov. 9/1 The removal of the veil of secular government (for Mr. Bazargan has frequently admitted it to be little more) reveals the ochlocracy, mob-rule, beneath. 1991 Observer 31 Mar. 18/1 Boris Yeltsin is off and running for President of Russia, backed by what Pravda calls ochlocracy (mob rule). 2011 L. Magnani Understanding Violence iii. 97 The violent emergence of a degenerated and perverted form of democracy—the so-called ochlocracy or mob rule. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1594
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