Ochlocracy (Greek: ὀχλοκρατία, okhlokratía; Latin: ochlocratia) or mob rule is the rule of government by mob or a mass of people, or the intimidation of legitimate authorities. As a pejorative for majoritarianism, it is akin to the Latin phrase mobile vulgus meaning "the fickle crowd", from which the English term "mob" was originally derived in the 1680s.
Ochlocracy ("rule of the general populace") is democracy ("rule of the people") spoiled by demagoguery, "tyranny of the majority", and the rule of passion over reason, just as oligarchy ("rule of a few") is aristocracy ("rule of the best") spoiled by corruption, and tyranny is monarchy spoiled by lack of virtue. Ochlocracy is synonymous in meaning and usage to the modern, informal term "mobocracy", which emerged from a much more recent colloquial etymology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OchlocracyAbraham Lincoln called this mobocracy. Here are antonyms and synonyms for mobocracy.
mobocracy
Synonyms for mobocracy
noun utter confusion
anarchy
disarray
discord
disorder
lawlessness
pandemonium
tumult
turmoil
ataxia
bedlam
clutter
disorganization
entropy
free-for-all
misrule
mix-up
muddle
snarl
unruliness
holy mess
rat's nest
topsy-turviness
See more synonyms for chaos
Antonyms for mobocracy
arrangement
calm
harmony
order
orderliness
organization
peace
neatness
tidiness
normality
quiet
system
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chaos
noun. utter confusion
anarchy
ataxia
bedlam
clutter
disarray
discord
disorder
disorganization
entropy
free-for-all
holy mess
lawlessness
misrule
mix-up
mobocracy
muddle
pandemonium
rat's nest
snarl
topsy-turviness
tumult
turmoil
unruliness
lynch law
noun. punishment by hanging without due process
criminal syndicalism
gang rule
kangaroo court
mob law
mob rule
mobocracy
ochlocracy
reign of terror
syndicalism
