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A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.

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  1. n. A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.
  2. n. a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses
  3. A condition in which the lower classes of a nation control public affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights. It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation (for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole.
  4. A condition in which the lower classes of a nation controlpublic affairs without respect to law, precedents, or vested rights.It is good name that Dr. Stevens has given to our present situation(for one can not call it a government), a mobocracy. Walpole.
  5. n. a political system in which a mob is the source of control; government by the masses