A condition of lawlessness and disorder brought about by the absence of any controlling authority.

1530s, from French anarchie or directly from Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek anarkhia "lack of a leader, the state of people without a government" (in Athens, used of the Year of Thirty [..]

n. Absence or utter disregard of government.

A lawless situation; absence of a government.

1) In the purest etymological sense, anarchy is a society without rulers, after the Greek word an-archos, meaning "without ruler." It does not mean "without rule," since all societ [..]

Absence of any governing authority.

implies not the complete chaos or absence of structure or rules, but rather than lack a of a central government that can enforce rules

Anarchy is a perspective that ultimately denies the necessity for leadership and structured government.

Anarchy is commonly associated with chaos and destruction, but in philosophical terms, its adherents advance it as a process of individual and social freedom. Anarchism refers to a variety of ideologi [..]

(n) a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

In the hacking culture, there is a strong belief in anarchy, that laws should not be created for cyberspace nor can they be enforced without grievous infringement on civil liberties. Contrast: Cybe [..]

(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body. (uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary [..]

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