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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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Broader term 1
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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Narrower term 1
Nothingness; nihility.
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Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.
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Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.
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An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
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An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
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