anarchy
English
Etymology
From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía).
Pronunciation
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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
Antonyms
- (all senses): nonanarchy (rare)
- (disorder): order
Derived terms
Translations
absence of any form of political authority or government
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political disorder and confusion
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