Anarchy
noun
A situation where there is no political order, usually because of fighting between various groups.
The civil war has brought anarchy to the region.
Often appears as...
- descend into anarchy
- spiral into anarchy
noun
A belief or a theory that societies function best without governments or laws.
He supports anarchy as a political ideology.
Often appears as...
- political anarchy
- anarchy ideology
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Academic
noun
A situation where there is a lack of organization and control.
The teacher's absence created anarchy in the classroom.
Often appears as...
- create anarchy
- cause anarchy
noun
A situation where there is no political order, usually because of fighting between various groups.
The civil war has brought anarchy to the region.
Often appears as...
- descend into anarchy
- spiral into anarchy
noun
A belief or a theory that societies function best without governments or laws.
He supports anarchy as a political ideology.
Often appears as...
- political anarchy
- anarchy ideology
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A situation where there is a lack of organization and control.
The teacher's absence created anarchy in the classroom.
Often appears as...
- create anarchy
- cause anarchy
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Political Unrest
Use 'anarchy' to describe extreme instability in a region due to absence of government control.
After the coup, anarchy reigned in the streets.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Anarchy' implies destruction and fear during such chaotic situations, typically seen as undesirable.
The city fell into anarchy; people lived in fear daily.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Use in contexts of political discourse or news, usually not in casual conversation.
The panel discussed potential anarchy if government failed.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Unrest
Use 'anarchy' to describe extreme instability in a region due to absence of government control.
After the coup, anarchy reigned in the streets.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Anarchy' implies destruction and fear during such chaotic situations, typically seen as undesirable.
The city fell into anarchy; people lived in fear daily.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Use in contexts of political discourse or news, usually not in casual conversation.
The panel discussed potential anarchy if government failed.
Pro Tip 1/3Political Unrest
Use 'anarchy' to describe extreme instability in a region due to absence of government control.
After the coup, anarchy reigned in the streets.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Anarchy' implies destruction and fear during such chaotic situations, typically seen as undesirable.
The city fell into anarchy; people lived in fear daily.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Use in contexts of political discourse or news, usually not in casual conversation.
The panel discussed potential anarchy if government failed.
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Is the world getting...
Yet the world has never been more democratic than it has been in the past decade, with two-thirds of the world's people living in democracies. Homicide rates plunge whenever anarchy and the code of vendetta are replaced by the rule of law. It happened when feudal Europe was brought under the control of centralized kingdoms,
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Want interstellar...
60s as being a time of anarchy but really I was a little girl through the 60s and what I remember about them was if everybody wanted to participate and they thought they had a right to participate in the world when we look at the civil rights movement and D colonialization across the world and
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Music and creativity in...
any music that deviated from established musical conventions, fearing that doing so would lead to the degradation of the standards of civilization, the corruption of youth, and eventually complete and utter anarchy. While Plato's fears can seem extreme,
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The surprising decline...
coincided with the rise of centralized states. So that's a bit of a support for the leviathan theory. Also supporting it is the fact that we today see eruptions of violence in zones of anarchy, in failed states, collapsed empires,
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Patrick Awuah: Educating...
Africa was a mess. Somalia had disintegrated into anarchy. Rwanda was in the throes of this genocidal war. And it seemed to me that that was the wrong direction, and I needed to be back helping.
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Jackie Tabick: The...
in fact, if the world were just filled with compassion, there would be anarchy and chaos. There had to be limits to all things. The rabbis describe this as being like a king
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"The Second Coming" by...
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
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Hornet Queen Murdered By...
in this power vacuum the nest descends into anarchy the workers turn on their own larvae and fight amongst themselves
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Hell on Earth - Official...
when a society collapses into anarchy and violence civilians inevitably take matters into their own hands Syria
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
in this power vacuum the nest descends into anarchy
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Is the world getting...
Yet the world has never been more democratic than it has been in the past decade, with two-thirds of the world's people living in democracies. Homicide rates plunge whenever anarchy and the code of vendetta are replaced by the rule of law. It happened when feudal Europe was brought under the control of centralized kingdoms,
Video examples
Want interstellar...
60s as being a time of anarchy but really I was a little girl through the 60s and what I remember about them was if everybody wanted to participate and they thought they had a right to participate in the world when we look at the civil rights movement and D colonialization across the world and
Video examples
Music and creativity in...
any music that deviated from established musical conventions, fearing that doing so would lead to the degradation of the standards of civilization, the corruption of youth, and eventually complete and utter anarchy. While Plato's fears can seem extreme,
Video examples
The surprising decline...
coincided with the rise of centralized states. So that's a bit of a support for the leviathan theory. Also supporting it is the fact that we today see eruptions of violence in zones of anarchy, in failed states, collapsed empires,
Video examples
Patrick Awuah: Educating...
Africa was a mess. Somalia had disintegrated into anarchy. Rwanda was in the throes of this genocidal war. And it seemed to me that that was the wrong direction, and I needed to be back helping.
Video examples
Jackie Tabick: The...
in fact, if the world were just filled with compassion, there would be anarchy and chaos. There had to be limits to all things. The rabbis describe this as being like a king
Video examples
"The Second Coming" by...
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
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Hornet Queen Murdered By...
in this power vacuum the nest descends into anarchy the workers turn on their own larvae and fight amongst themselves
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Hell on Earth - Official...
when a society collapses into anarchy and violence civilians inevitably take matters into their own hands Syria
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Ferocious Hornet Moments...
in this power vacuum the nest descends into anarchy
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Alan Moore
British Writer
The roots of the word 'anarchy' are 'an archos,' 'no leaders,' which is not really about the kind of chaos that most people imagine when the word 'anarchy' is mentioned. I think that anarchy is, to the contrary, about taking personal responsibility for yourself.
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Arthur Henderson
British Politician
Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are mercifully too limited to imagine, led to the very clear realization that international anarchy must be abandoned if civilization was to survive.
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Adam Rapp
American Novelist
There was a kind of physical anarchy that dominated most of my younger life. I was always too skinny, not hairy enough, my voice jumped around. It was a thing that drove me away from towel lines in gym class.
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Morris Gleitzman
English Author
In all of my books, I'm taking them on an emotionally challenging and sometimes physically dangerous process with a bit of fun and anarchy along the way. With the power comes responsibility.
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Mark Helprin
American Novelist
The human race is intoxicated with narrow victories, for life is a string of them like pearls that hit the floor when the rope breaks, and roll away in perfection and anarchy.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Everywhere you look for comparisons of life under anarchy and life under government, life under government is less violent.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.
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Lawrence Lessig
American Educator
A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Leonora Carrington
British Artist
I suppose what I believe in is peaceful anarchy.
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Alan Moore
British Writer
The roots of the word 'anarchy' are 'an archos,' 'no leaders,' which is not really about the kind of chaos that most people imagine when the word 'anarchy' is mentioned. I think that anarchy is, to the contrary, about taking personal responsibility for yourself.
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Arthur Henderson
British Politician
Four years of world war, at a cost in human suffering which our minds are mercifully too limited to imagine, led to the very clear realization that international anarchy must be abandoned if civilization was to survive.
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Adam Rapp
American Novelist
There was a kind of physical anarchy that dominated most of my younger life. I was always too skinny, not hairy enough, my voice jumped around. It was a thing that drove me away from towel lines in gym class.
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Morris Gleitzman
English Author
In all of my books, I'm taking them on an emotionally challenging and sometimes physically dangerous process with a bit of fun and anarchy along the way. With the power comes responsibility.
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Mark Helprin
American Novelist
The human race is intoxicated with narrow victories, for life is a string of them like pearls that hit the floor when the rope breaks, and roll away in perfection and anarchy.
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Steven Pinker
Canadian Scientist
Everywhere you look for comparisons of life under anarchy and life under government, life under government is less violent.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency.
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Lawrence Lessig
American Educator
A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Leonora Carrington
British Artist
I suppose what I believe in is peaceful anarchy.
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