anarchy

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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhi, from anarkhos, without a ruler : an-, without; see a-1 + arkhos, ruler; see -arch. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Buy it 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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. anarchy n : a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) syn: lawlessness Source: WordNet ® 1.6, © 1997 Princeton University