ochlocracyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle French ochlocratie, from Ancient Greek ὀχλοκρατία (okhlokratía), from ὄχλος (ókhlos, “multitude, crowd”) + κράτος (krátos, “power”). Equivalent to ochlo- +‎ -cracy.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɒkˈlɒk.ɹə.si/
• (General American) IPA: /ɑkˈlɑ.kɹə.si/, /ɔkˈlɔ.kɹə.si/
• ハイフネーション: och‧lo‧cra‧cy

名詞

ochlocracy (plural ochlocracies)

1. Mob rule; government by the masses; mobocracy. [from 1475–1485.]
   • 2016 July 1, A[nthony] C[lifford] Grayling, “Professor A C Grayling’s letter to all 650 MPs urging Parliament not to support a motion to trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty”, in New College of the Humanities‎, archived from the original on 2 July 2016:

     Referendums are snapshots of sentiment at a given point in time. Government by referendum is government by crowd acclamation: not democracy, but ochlocracy. That is exactly why we have representative democracy. If referendums would be a poor way to decide on health and safety, air traffic control, or education, they are an exceedingly poor way to decide a matter as momentous as membership of the EU. This is and should be a matter for Parliament, taking all factors into account.

   • 2021, Ronald T. Libby, American Ochlocracy: Black Lives Matter & Mob Rule, independently published →ISBN, back of the book:

     This constitutes a grave threat to the American Republic and degrades it into an Ochlocracy, or government by mob rule.

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