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an·ar·chic

   [an-ahr-kik]
adjective
1.
of, like, or tending to anarchy.
2.
advocating anarchy.
3.
not regulated by law; lawless: Anarchic bands pillaged the countryside.
Also, an·ar·chi·cal.

Origin:
1780–90; < French anarchique, or anarch(y) + -ic

Related forms
an·ar·chi·cal·ly, adverb
hy·per·an·ar·chic, adjective
non·an·ar·chic, adjective
non·an·ar·chi·cal, adjective
non·an·ar·chi·cal·ly, adverb
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pro·an·ar·chic, adjective
un·an·ar·chic, adjective
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anarchy (ˈænəkɪ)
 
—n
1.  general lawlessness and disorder, esp when thought to result from an absence or failure of government
2.  the absence or lack of government
3.  the absence of any guiding or uniting principle; disorder; chaos
4.  the theory or practice of political anarchism
 
[C16: from Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhia, from anarkhos without a ruler, from an- + arkh- leader, from arkhein to rule]
 
anarchic
 
—adj
 
an'archical
 
—adj
 
an'archically
 
—adv

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anarchic
1790, "chaotic, without order or rule," from Gk. anakhos (see anarchy) + -ic. An older word in this sense was anarchical (1590s). Differentiated from anarchistic (1884) which tends to refer to the political philosophy of anarchism.
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