Anarchy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Absence of any form of political authority.
  • n. Political disorder and confusion.
  • n. Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a common standard or purpose.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The state of a society being without authorities or a governing body.
  • n. 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.
  • n. A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
  • n. Confusion in general; disorder.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.
  • n. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Absence or insufficiency of government; a state of society in which there is no capable supreme power, and in which the several functions of the state are performed badly or not at all; social and political confusion.
  • n. Specifically A social theory which regards the union of order with the absence of all direct government of man by man as the political ideal; absolute individual liberty.
  • n. Confusion in general.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
  • Antonym
    government    anomie   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    disorder   
    Hyponym
    nihilism   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    misrule    lawlessness    nihilism    dynamitism    disorder   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bloodshed    oppression    strife    discord    unrest    mutiny    desolation    rebellion    turmoil    despotism