Thesaurus: anarchy

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1. n. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.
2. n. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.
3. n. a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
4. 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 reFuller.
5. n:100 n. a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)