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mobocracy

noun
/məˈbɒkrəsi/

Meaning

Rule or control by a mob or mass of people, often disorderly.

Example Sentences

The protest turned into mobocracy when the crowd started destroying property.

Synonyms

mob rule, anarchy, chaos, crowd control

Antonyms

democracy, order, law

Collocations

descend into mobocracy, mobocracy rules, fear of mobocracy

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