Ochlocrat
Pronunciation
- RP IPA: /ˈɒkləkɹæt/
Origin
ochl- ("mob") + -o- + -crat ("supporter of rule thereby")
Full definition of ochlocrat
Noun
ochlocrat
(plural ochlocrats)- An adherent of the principle of ochlocracy; a advocate of mob rule.
- 1897: Gilbert Murray, M.A., A history of ancient Greek literature, page 338 (D. Appleton and Company)But Lysias was an unabashed ‘ ochlocrat.’ He was at this time poor, and his citizenship was shown to be illegal almost as soon as it was granted.
- 1993: Jorge Amado, Gregory Rabassa tr., The War of the Saints, page 117 (Bantam Books; ISBN 0553095374, 9780553095371)“You, Father, are an ochlocrat. No heresy in our time is more noxious than trying to implant ochlocracy in the Church. And that’s what you’re trying to do.â€
- 2006: Heinrich August Winkler, Alexander Sager tr., Germany: The Long Road West, 1789–1933, page 59 (Oxford University Press; ISBN 0199265976, 978-0199265978)‘The people are as holy as the mob is unholy. A democract is one who wants government for the people and by the people. Someone who wants mob rule is called an “ochlocratâ€.’ ochlos, Greek for ‘mass’, ‘mob’ (h.a.w.) The three estates, the nobility, peasantry, and bourgeoisie, must have advisory and co-determinative political power in all issues and requirements of the country; the princes are to exercise executive authority ‘within boundaries established by the general laws of Germany’.31