anarchy
The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
Other meanings
A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
Confusion in general; disorder.
“It was total anarchy in the clothes shop on Black Friday as soon as they opened the doors.”
Related words
- anarchize
- anarchology
- anarchy server
- cryptoanarchy
- cyberanarchy
- anarchic
- anarchical
- anarchically
- anarchism
- anarchist
- anarcho-
- anarchy of production
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "ἀναρχία".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “anarchy” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.