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ANARCHY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
Synonyms:
anarchy; lawlessness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("anarchy" is a kind of...):
disorder (a disturbance of the peace or of public order)
Domain category:
administration; governance; governing; government; government activity (the act of governing; exercising authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anarchy"):
nihilism (complete denial of all established authority and institutions)
Derivation:
anarchical (without law or control)
anarchist (an advocate of anarchism)