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3 entries found for anarchy.
an·ar·chy
n. pl. an·ar·chies 
Absence of any form of political authority. 
[Political disorder] and confusion. 
Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a common standard or purpose.

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New Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhi, from anarkhos, without a ruler  : an-, without; see a-1 + arkhos, ruler; see -arch.

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Source: The American Heritage® [Dictionary] of the [English Language], Fourth Edition
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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.

Spread anarchy and terror all around. --Cowper.

2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.

There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their re?koning of years. --Fuller.

anarchy

n : a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) syn: lawlessness

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