Definitions for: Anarchy

[n] a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: lawlessness

See Also: disorder, nihilism

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