anarchy

anarchy
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N-UNCOUNT (disapproval)
If you describe a situation as anarchy, you mean that nobody seems to be paying any attention to rules or laws.

The school's liberal, individualistic traditions were in danger of slipping into anarchy...

In June, 1960, the Congo was plunged into five years of civil war and political anarchy.

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  • Anarchy — (from el. αναρχία anarchía , without ruler ) may refer to any of the following: * Absence of government; a state of lawlessness due to the absence or inefficiency of the supreme power; political disorder. [ anarchy. Oxford English Dictionary.… …   Wikipedia

  • Anarchy — • An absence of law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Anarchy     Anarchy     † Catholic En …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Anarchy — Beschreibung A Journal of Desire Armed Fachgebiet Ph …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • anarchy — 1 Anarchy, anarchism overlap in their implications but are not synonyms because of differing denotations. Anarchy may denote a state or condition of society where there is no law or imposed order because social evolution has rendered these… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Anarchy — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Anarchy Álbum de Busta Rhymes Publicación 20 de junio de 2000 Grabación 2000 …   Wikipedia Español

  • Anarchy — An arch*y, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. 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. [1913 Webster] Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • anarchy — I noun absence of authority, breakdown of administration, chaos, confusion, discord, disobedience, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disregard, disunion, indiscipline, insubordination, insurgence, insurrection, interregnum,… …   Law dictionary

  • anarchy — (n.) 1530s, from Fr. anarchie or directly from M.L. anarchia, from Gk. anarkhia lack of a leader, the state of people without a government (in Athens, used of the Year of Thirty Tyrants, 404 B.C., when there was no archon), noun of state from… …   Etymology dictionary

  • anarchy — [n] lawlessness; absence of government chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, disregard, hostility, misrule, mob rule, nihilism, nongovernment, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, turmoil, unrest; concepts 29,674 Ant. lawfulness,… …   New thesaurus

  • anarchy — ► NOUN 1) a state of disorder due to lack of government or control. 2) a society founded on the principles of anarchism. ORIGIN Greek anarkhia, from an without + arkhos chief, ruler …   English terms dictionary

  • anarchy — [an′ər kē, an′är΄kē] n. pl. anarchies [Gr anarchia: see ANARCH] 1. the complete absence of government 2. political disorder and violence; lawlessness 3. disorder in any sphere of activity …   English World dictionary

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