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ANARCHY
anarchy, lawlessness
(noun) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
anarchy (countable and uncountable, plural anarchies)
(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
(uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
Confusion in general; disorder.
Synonyms
• see disorder
Antonyms
• (all senses): nonanarchy (rare)
• (disorder): order
Source: Wiktionary
An"arch*y, n. Etym: [Gr. anarchie. See Anarch.]
1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper.
2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their reFuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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