oclocracia
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: o‧clo‧cra‧ci‧a
Noun edit
oclocracia f (plural oclocracias)
- ochlocracy (government by the masses)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀχλοκρατία (okhlokratía, “mob rule”), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “crowd, throng”) + κράτος (krátos, “might, strength”).
Pronunciation edit
- 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 edit
oclocracia f (plural oclocracias)
- ochlocracy
- Antonym: oligarquía
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “oclocracia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014