anarchy

Meaning

1. (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
2. (rare, uncountable) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
3. (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
4. (countable, uncountable) Confusion in general; disorder.

Synonyms

lawlessness

chaos

disorder

absence of government

illegality

mayhem

rebellion

revolution

turmoil

civil disturbance

political nihilism

criminal chaos

want of union

anarchism

misruler

civil war

confusion

disunion

Translations

anarchie

Anarchie

anarquía

anarchia

αναρχία

anarchie

anarquia

anarşi

anarquia

regeringloosheid

Gesetzlosigkeit

Chaos

anarchia

anarchìa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈæn.ə.ki/

Etymology

From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía). By surface analysis, an- + -archy.