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== Names ==
Ochlocracy comes from [[Latin]] {{lang|la|ochlocratia}}, from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|ὀχλοκρατία}} (''okhlokratía''), from {{lang|grc|ὄχλος}} (''ókhlos'', "mass", "mob", or "common people") and {{lang|grc|κράτος}} (''krátos'', "rule").<ref>{{cite web|title=ochlocracy|url=https://www.thefreedictionary.com/ochlocracy|work=The Free Dictionary|access-date=2021-12-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ochlocracy {{!}} Etymology, origin and meaning of ochlocracy by etymonline|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/ochlocracy|access-date=2021-12-31|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en}}</ref> An ochlocrat is one who is an advocate or partisan of ochlocracy. The adjective may be either ochlocratic or ochlocratical.

Ochlocracy is synonymous in meaning and usage to mob rule or '''[[wikt:mobocracy|mobocracy]]''', which [[neologism|was coined]] in the 18th century from the sense of "mob" meaning the common rabble that arose from the Latin phrase {{lang|la|mobile vulgus}} ("the fickle [[crowd]]") in the 1680s during disputes over the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Glorious Revolution]].