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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈænə^rki/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈænɚki/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(an′ər kē)

an•ar•chy /ˈænɚki/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]

Governmenta state of society without government or law:They favored anarchy over tyranny.
confusion; chaos;
disorder:Their household was in a state of anarchy.

an•ar•chic /ænˈɑrkɪk/USA pronunciation an•ar•chi•cal, adj.
an•ar•chi•cal•ly, adv. See -arch-.

an•ar•chy (an′ər kē),USA pronunciation n.

Governmenta state of society without government or law.
Governmentpolitical and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control:The death of the king was followed by a year of anarchy.
Governmenta theory that regards the absence of all direct or coercive government as a political ideal and that proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals and groups as the principal mode of organized society.
confusion;
chaos;
disorder:Intellectual and moral anarchy followed his loss of faith.

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

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anarchy /ˈænəkɪ/ n

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

Etymology: 16th Century: from Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhia, from anarkhos without a ruler, from an- + arkh- leader, from arkhein to ruleanarchic /ænˈɑːkɪk/, anˈarchical adj

'anarchy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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Synonyms: turmoil, chaos, mob rule, disorder, mob law, more...

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