anarchy
[ an-er-kee ]
/ ˈæn ər ki /
noun
a state of society without government or law.
political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control: The death of the king was followed by a year of anarchy.
lack of obedience to an authority; insubordination: the anarchy of his rebellious teenage years.
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.
Origin of anarchy
OTHER WORDS FROM anarchy
hy·per·an·ar·chy, noun pro·an·ar·chy, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH anarchy
anarchism anarchyWords nearby anarchy
anarch,
anarchic,
anarchism,
anarchist,
anarcho-syndicalism,
anarchy,
anarithmia,
anarthria,
anarthrous,
anasarca,
anasazi
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British Dictionary definitions for anarchy
anarchy
/ (ˈænəkɪ) /
noun
general lawlessness and disorder, esp when thought to result from an absence or failure of government
the absence or lack of government
the absence of any guiding or uniting principle; disorder; chaos
the theory or practice of political anarchism
Derived forms of anarchy
anarchic (ænˈɑːkɪk) or anarchical, adjective anarchically, adverbWord Origin for anarchy
C16: from Medieval Latin
anarchia, from Greek
anarkhia, from
anarkhos without a ruler, from
an- +
arkh- leader, from
arkhein to rule