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Definitions for Anarchy

[1] a state of society without government or law.
[2] political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control: The death of the king was followed by a year of anarchy.
[3] anarchism(def 1) .
[4] lack of obedience to an authority; insubordination: the anarchy of his rebellious teenage years.
[5] confusion and disorder: Intellectual and moral anarchy followed his loss of faith. It was impossible to find the book I was looking for in the anarchy of his bookshelves.
[6] general lawlessness and disorder, esp when thought to result from an absence or failure of government
[7] the absence or lack of government
[8] the absence of any guiding or uniting principle; disorder; chaos
[9] the theory or practice of political anarchism

Words related to Anarchy

turmoil, riot, confusion, hostility, chaos, rebellion, unrest, nihilism, disorder, disregard, misrule, revolution, disorganization

Words nearby Anarchy

anarch, anarchic, anarchism, anarchist, anarcho-syndicalism, anarchy, anarithmia, anarthria, anarthrous, anasarca, anasazi

Origin of Anarchy

1530–40; (< Middle French anarchie or Medieval Latin anarchia ) < Greek, anarchía lawlessness, literally, lack of a leader, equivalent to ánarch(os ) leaderless (an- an-1 + arch(ós ) leader + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -y3

Words that may be confused with Anarchy

anarchism, anarchy

Other words from Anarchy

hy·per·an·ar·chy , noun
pro·an·ar·chy , adjective

Word origin for Anarchy

C16: from Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhia, from anarkhos without a ruler, from an- + arkh- leader, from arkhein to rule

Synonyms for Anarchy

chaos, confusion, disorder, hostility, nihilism, rebellion, riot, turmoil, unrest, disorganization, disregard, misrule, revolution, mob rule, nongovernment, reign of terror