Ochlocracy
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Ochlocracy (ὀχλοκρατία) 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 Template:Lang, meaning "the fickle crowd", from which the English term "mob" originally was derived in the 1680s.
Ochlocracy is synonymous in meaning and usage to the modern, informal term "mobocracy", which arose in the 18th century as a colloquial neologism.
See also
- Appeal to the majority
- Bandwagon effect
- Call-out culture
- Collective consciousness
- Collective effervescence
- Collective hysteria
- Collective intelligence
- Crowd manipulation
- Crowd psychology
- Demonstration (people)
- Group (sociology)
- Group behaviour
- Herd behaviour
- Identity politics
- Lynching
- Mobbing
- Peer pressure
- Populism
- Presumption of guilt
- Reno Gang lynchings
- Sheeple
- Smart mob
- Spiral of silence
- Vigilantism
- Vox populi vox Dei
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