oclocracia
Portuguese, noun/o.klo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
oclocracia is spelled O-C-L-O-C-R-A-C-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese, the 220,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oclocracia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ochlocracy (government by the masses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “governo em que preponderam as classes inferiores ou a plebe”.
What does oclocracia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineochlocracy (government by the masses)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. governo em que preponderam as classes inferiores ou a plebe
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of oclocracia
- oclocracias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce oclocracia?
- Brazil /o.klo.kɾaˈsi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ɔ.klu.kɾɐˈsi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is oclocracia in Portuguese?
oclocracia appears about once in every 63 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).