oclocracia

== Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: o‧clo‧cra‧ci‧a === Noun === oclocracia f (plural oclocracias) ochlocracy (government by the masses) === Further reading === “oclocracia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “oclocracia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀχλοκρατία (okhlokratía, “mob rule”), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “crowd, throng”) + κράτος (krátos, “might, strength”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /okloˈkɾaθja/ [o.kloˈkɾa.θja] (Spain) IPA(key): /okloˈkɾasja/ [o.kloˈkɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aθja (Spain) Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: o‧clo‧cra‧cia === Noun === oclocracia f (plural oclocracias) ochlocracy Antonym: oligarquía ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “oclocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025