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): /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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024