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anarchy

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anarchy
1. Political theory general lawlessness and disorder, esp when thought to result from an absence or failure of government
2. the absence or lack of government
3. the theory or practice of political anarchism


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SOME Apes who had deposed their king fell at once into dissension and anarchy.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
Whoever rejects it does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism.
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address by Lincoln, Abraham View in context
And when they have emptied and swept clean the soul of him who is now in their power and who is being initiated by them in great mysteries, the next thing is to bring back to their house insolence and anarchy and waste and impudence in bright array having garlands on their heads, and a great company with them, hymning their praises and calling them by sweet names; insolence they term breeding, and anarchy liberty, and waste magnificence, and impudence courage.
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