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Definition: OCHLOCRACY |
OCHLOCRACYNoun1. A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy. |
Date "OCHLOCRACY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
Etymology: Ochlocracy \Och*loc"ra*cy\, noun. [expression of Greek origin; the populace, multitude to be strong, to rule, strength: compare to French ochlocratie.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Government | Monarchy; kinghood, kingship; royalty, regality; aristarchy, aristocracy; oligarchy, democracy, theocracy, demagogy; commonwealth; dominion; heteronomy; republic, republicanism; socialism; collectivism; mob law, mobocracy, ochlocracy; vox populi, imperium in imperio; bureaucracy; beadledom, bumbledom; stratocracy; military power, military government, junta; feodality, feudal system, feudalism. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: OCHLOCRACY |
| English words defined with "OCHLOCRACY": Ochlocratical. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "OCHLOCRACY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ohlokrati. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | حكومة الدهماء. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | управление на тълпата, охлократия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gouvernement de populace. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csõcselékuralom. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 衆愚政治 (mob rule, mobocracy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しゅぐせいじ (mob rule, mobocracy), しゅうぐせいじ (mob rule, mobocracy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ochlocracyay ocra (octagon). (various references) охлократия. (various references) ohlokratija, vladavina ološa. (various references) ochlokracy. (various references) halk yönetimi (mobocracy), avam idaresi. (various references) chính quyền quần chúng. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "OCHLOCRACY" (pronounced 'Och*loc"ra*cy'): Abbacy, Abeyancy, Abhorrency, Absorbency, Abstinency, Acceptancy, Accordancy, Accountancy, Accumbency, Accuracy, Acquiescency, Acritochromacy, Adequacy, Adherency, Adjutancy, Adolescency, Advocacy, Aeromancy, Affluency, Agency, Aldermancy, Alectoromancy, Alectryomancy, Aleuromancy, Alliciency, Alomancy, Al-phitomancy, Alternacy, -ancy, Antecedency, Anthracomancy, Anthropomancy, Apparency, Appellancy, Appetency, Applicancy, Archiepiscopacy, Ardency, ARISTOCRACY, Arithmancy, Arithmomancy, Arrogancy, Aruspicy, Ascendency, Assurgency, Astragalomancy, Astringency, Athermancy, Attendancy, Austromancy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-h-l-o-o-r-y" | |
-4 letters: archly, calory, caroch, choral, coccal, hooray. | |
-5 letters: achoo, carol, chary, cholo, clach, claro, clary, coach, coaly, cocoa, color, cooch, cooly, coral, cyclo, hoary, hooly, horal, larch, loach, ochry, orach, roach, royal, yahoo. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 43 48 4C 4F 43 52 41 43 59 |
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