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[syn: misgovernment, misrule]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Misrule \Mis*rule"\, v. t. & i.
To rule badly; to misgovern.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Misrule \Mis*rule"\, n.
1. The act, or the result, of misruling.
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2. Disorder; confusion; tumult from insubordination.
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Enormous riot and misrule surveyed. --Pope.
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Abbot of Misrule, or Lord of Misrule. See under Abbot,
and Lord.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
misrule
n 1: government that is inefficient or dishonest [syn:
misgovernment, misrule]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "misrule":
anarchism, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchy, antinomianism, bad policy,
be negligent, chaos, confusion, criminal syndicalism, disorder,
disorderliness, disorganization, disruption, distemper,
fabulous formless darkness, foul-up, hassle, impolicy,
inexpedience, inexpediency, license, lynch law, maladminister,
maladministration, malfeasance, malpractice, misadminister,
misadministration, misconduct, misdirect, misdirection,
misfeasance, misgovern, misgovernment, misguidance, misguide,
mishandle, mishandling, mismanage, mismanagement, mix-up, mob law,
mob rule, mobocracy, morass, muddle, neglect, negligence, nihilism,
nonfeasance, ochlocracy, omission, primal chaos, rebellion,
revolution, riot, screw-up, snafu, syndicalism, tohubohu, turmoil,
unruliness, wrongdoing