anarchy (noun)

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• anarchy — ► NOUN 1) a state of disorder due to lack of government or control. 2) a society founded on the principles of anarchism. ORIGIN Greek anarkhia, from an without + arkhos chief, ruler …   English terms dictionary

• anarchy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ near, virtual ▪ The high number of strikes resulted in near anarchy. ▪ moral ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• anarchy — I noun absence of authority, breakdown of administration, chaos, confusion, discord, disobedience, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disregard, disunion, indiscipline, insubordination, insurgence, insurrection, interregnum,… …   Law dictionary

• anarchy — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek, from anarchos having no ruler, from an + archos ruler more at arch Date: 1539 1. a. absence of government b. a state of lawlessness or political disorder …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• anarchy — (n.) 1530s, from Fr. anarchie or directly from M.L. anarchia, from Gk. anarkhia lack of a leader, the state of people without a government (in Athens, used of the Year of Thirty Tyrants, 404 B.C., when there was no archon), noun of state from… …   Etymology dictionary

• anarchy — noun (U) a situation in which there is no effective government in a country or no order in an organization or situation: a state of complete anarchy …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• anarchy — noun conditions are dangerously ripe for anarchy Syn: lawlessness, nihilism, mobocracy, revolution, insurrection, disorder, chaos, mayhem, tumult, turmoil Ant: government, order …   Thesaurus of popular words

• anarchy — noun /ˈænəki,ˈænɑɹki/ a) The state of a society being without authoritarians or a governing body. b) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government,… …   Wiktionary

• anarchy — noun 1》 a state of disorder due to absence or non recognition of government or other controlling systems. 2》 a society or political system founded on the principles of anarchism. Origin C16: via med. L. from Gk anarkhia, from anarkhos, from an… …   English new terms dictionary

• anarchy — noun Syn: lawlessness, disorder, chaos, pandemonium, riot, revolution Ant: government, order …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• anarchy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. lawlessness, terrorism, disorder, disorganization; nihilism. Ant., order, rule of law. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Disorder] Syn. turmoil, chaos, mob rule; see disorder 2 . 2. [Absence of government] Syn.… …   English dictionary for students