Anarchy: alternatives and connections

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Anarchy

Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.

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Disorder 76% connected

Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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Nihilism 76% connected

Nothingness; nihility.

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Anarchical 74% connected

Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.

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Anarchical 74% connected

Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.

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Anarchist 74% connected

An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.

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Anarchist 74% connected

An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.

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