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- Dictionarymob/mɒb/
noun
- 1. a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence: "a mob of protesters" Similar
- 2. the Mafia or a similar criminal organization: North American "he gambled at a time when the Mob ran gaming"
verb
- 1. crowd round (someone) or into (a place) in an unruly way: "he was mobbed by autograph hunters" Similar
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5 hours ago · Authoritarianism is a political system characterized by the rejection of political plurality, the use of strong central power to preserve the political status quo, and reductions in democracy, separation of powers, civil liberties, and the rule of law.
1 day ago · Following this, he advocates the expansion of the dialectical eco-socialist potential of groups through sustaining the confrontation and internal cohesion of human ecosystems, leading to an "activation" of potentials in others that will "spread across the whole social field" as "a new set of orienting principles" that define an ideology or " 'party-life' formation".
1 day ago · Crucifixion with Greek Inscriptions by Georgios Markazinis circa 1647. Ancient Greek has two verbs for crucify: anastauroo (ἀνασταυρόω), from stauros (which in modern Greek only means "cross" but which in antiquity was used for any kind of wooden pole, pointed or blunt, bare or with attachments) and apotumpanizo (ἀποτυμπανίζω) "crucify on a plank", together with anaskolopizo (ἀνασκολοπίζω "impale").
5 hours ago · The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.
5 hours ago · Oyster Cove Mob. In 1839, Governor Franklin appointed a board to inquire into the conditions at Wybalenna that rejected Robinson's claims regarding improved living conditions and found the settlement to be a failure. The report was never released and the government continued to promote Wybalenna as a success in the treatment of Aboriginal people.
