anarchy

Definitions


[ˈanəki], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems
(e.g: the country has been plunged into a state of anarchy)

- the organization of society on the basis of voluntary cooperation, without political institutions or hierarchical government; anarchism


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Origin:
mid 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek anarkhia, from anarkhos, from an- ‘without’ + arkhos ‘chief, ruler’




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