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anarchy (ˈænəkɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
| anarchic | |
| —adj | |
| an'archical | |
| —adj | |
| an'archically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
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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