oclocracia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.klo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.klo.kɾaˈsi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔ.klu.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/

Hyphenation: o‧clo‧cra‧ci‧a

Noun

oclocracia f (plural oclocracias)

ochlocracy (government by the masses)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀχλοκρατία (okhlokratía, “mob rule”), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “crowd, throng”) + κράτος (krátos, “might, strength”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /okloˈkɾaθja/ [o.kloˈkɾa.θja]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /okloˈkɾasja/ [o.kloˈkɾa.sja]
(Spain) Rhymes: -aθja
(Latin America) Rhymes: -asja
Syllabification: o‧clo‧cra‧cia

Noun

oclocracia f (plural oclocracias)

ochlocracy
Antonym: oligarquía

Derived terms

oclocrático

Further reading

“oclocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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