anarchy

English

Etymology

From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ.nə.ki/
• enPR: ănʹär-kē, IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ɑɹ.ki/

Noun

anarchy (countable and uncountable, plural anarchies)

1. (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
2. (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.
3. (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
4. Confusion in general; disorder.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:disorder

Antonyms

• (all senses): nonanarchy (rare)
• (disorder): order

Derived terms

• anarchic
• anarchical
• anarchically
• anarchism
• anarchist
• anarcho-

 

Translations

absence of any form of political authority or government

• Arabic: فَوْضَى f (fawḍā)
• Armenian: անիշխանություն (hy) (anišxanutʻyun)
• Asturian: anarquía f
• Basque: anarkia
• Belarusian: ана́рхія f (anárxija)
• Bulgarian: ана́рхия (bg) f (anárhija), безвла́стие (bg) n (bezvlástie)
• Catalan: anarquia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無政府狀態／无政府状态 (wúzhèngfǔ zhuàngtài), 无政府状态 (wúzhèngfǔ zhuàngtài)

• Czech: anarchie (cs) f, bezvládí n
• Danish: anarki (da) n
• Dutch: anarchie (nl) f, regeringsloosheid f
• Esperanto: anarkio, anarĥio
• Estonian: anarhia
• Faroese: stjórnarloysi n
• Finnish: anarkia (fi)
• French: anarchie (fr) f
• Galician: anarquía (gl) f
• Georgian: ანარქია (anarkia)
• German: Anarchie (de) f
• Greek: αναρχία (el) f (anarchía)

  Ancient: ἀναρχία f (anarkhía)

• Hebrew: אנרכיה (he) f (anárkhia)
• Hindi: अराजकता (hi) f (arājaktā)
• Hungarian: anarchia (hu)
• Icelandic: stjórnleysi (is) n
• Interlingue:
• Irish: anlathas m, ainriail f
• Italian: anarchia (it) f
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• Japanese: 無政府状態 (むせいふじょうたい, museifu jōtai)
• Khmer: អនាធិបតេយ្យ (km) (a’naatʰippa’tay)
• Korean: 무정부 상태 (mujeongbu sangtae) (無政府狀態)
• Latin: anarchia f
• Lithuanian: anarchija (lt) f
• Macedonian: анархија f (anarhija)
• Maori: turekoretanga
• Norman: anarchie f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: anarki (no) n
• Persian: آنارشی (fa) (ânârši)
• Polish: anarchia (pl)
• Portuguese: anarquia (pt) f
• Romanian: anarhie (ro)
• Russian: ана́рхия (ru) f (anárxija), безвла́стие (ru) n (bezvlástije)
• Samogitian: anarkėjė f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ана̀рхија f, бѐспра̄вље n, беза́коње n, бѐзвла̄шће n

  Roman: anàrhija (sh) f, bèsprāvlje (sh) n, bezákonje (sh) n, bèzvlāšće (sh) n

• Sinhalese: අරාජික (arājika)
• Spanish: anarquía (es) f
• Swedish: anarki (sv) c
• Tagalog: anarkiya (tl)
• Thai: อนาธิปไตย (à-naa-tí-bpà-dtai)
• Turkish: anarşi (tr)
• Ukrainian: ана́рхія (uk) f (anárxija)
• Vietnamese: tình trạng vô chính phủ

political disorder and confusion

• Bulgarian: ана́рхия (bg) f (anárhija), безре́дие (bg) n (bezrédie)
• Catalan: anarquia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無政府狀態／无政府状态 (wúzhèngfǔ zhuàngtài), 无政府状态 (wúzhèngfǔ zhuàngtài)

• Czech: anarchie (cs) f, bezvládí n, zmatek (cs) m
• Danish: anarki (da) n
• Dutch: anarchie (nl) f
• Estonian: anarhia
• Finnish: anarkia (fi)
• French: anarchie (fr) f
• Georgian: ანარქია (anarkia)
• German: Anarchie (de) f
• Greek: αναρχία (el) f (anarchía)

  Ancient: ἀναρχία f (anarkhía)

• Icelandic: stjórnleysi (is) n
• Interlingue:
• Irish: anlathas m, ainriail f
• Italian: anarchia (it) f
• Japanese: 跳梁跋扈 (chōryōbakko)
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• Khmer: អនាធិបតេយ្យ (km) (a’naatʰippa’tay)
• Latin: anarchia f
• Macedonian: анархија f (anarhija)
• Norman: anarchie f (Jersey)
• Norwegian: anarki (no) n, vanstyre n
• Persian: هرج و مرج (fa)
• Polish: anarchia (pl), bezprawie (pl) n, swawola n
• Portuguese: anarquia (pt) f
• Romanian: anarhie (ro)
• Russian: ана́рхия (ru) f (anárxija), безвла́стие (ru) n (bezvlástije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ана̀рхија f

  Roman: anàrhija (sh) f

• Spanish: anarquía (es) f
• Swedish: anarki (sv) c
• Thai: อนาธิปไตย (à-naa-tí-bpà-dtai)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Azerbaijani: ^{(please verify)} anarxiya
• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} anarkio, ^{(please verify)} anarĥio
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• Kyrgyz: ^{(please verify)} анархия (ky) (anarhiya)