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 Meaning of ANARCHY
| Pronunciation: |  | 'anurkee 
 
 |  |  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | lawlessness |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | disorder, nihilism |  |     |  |  Products Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | AnarchyDescription not available.
 more details ... |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \An"arch*y\, n. [Gr. ?: cf. F. anarchie. See {Anarch}.]
1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is
   no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political
   confusion.
         Spread anarchy and terror all around. --Cowper.
2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.
         There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it,
         in authors and their re?koning of years. --Fuller.
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