1. the behavior, practices, or influence of a mob; mob rule or mob violence
Usage: often used critically to describe the dangers of crowd mentality or lawlessness

Examples

• The historian warned that mobbism had led to several lynchings in the town's past.
• Social media can sometimes amplify mobbism by encouraging people to act without thinking.
• The mayor spoke out against mobbism after the riot damaged downtown businesses.
• Philosophers have long debated the dangers of mobbism in democratic societies.
• The novel explores how mobbism can override individual conscience and reason.