D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Mobocracy

· Mob·oc·ra·cy · IPA /mɒbˈɒkɹəsi/
01 n. A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.
  1. 1.
    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.