anarchy
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́ρχω (ắrkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́νᾰρχος (ắnărkhos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (ănărkhĭ́ā)der. New Latin anarchiader. English anarchy From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía). By surface analysis, an- + -archy.
Definitions
The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
- Oui, l’anarchie c’est l'ordre; car, le gouvernement c’est la guerre civile.
The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of…
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.
A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
- And each dweller, panic-stricken, Felt his heart with terror sicken Hearing the tempestuous cry Of the triumph of Anarchy.
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Confusion in general
Confusion in general; disorder.
- It was total anarchy in the clothes shop on Black Friday as soon as they opened the doors.
- The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of the evil.
The neighborhood
- synonymdisorder
- antonymnonanarchyantonym(s) of “all senses”
- antonymantonym(s) of
- antonymorderantonym(s) of “disorder”
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for anarchy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA