Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.

  2. (rare, uncountable)The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.

  3. (countable)A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.

    Anarchie

    ана́рхияanárxija, безвла́стиеbezvlástije

    ана́рхіяanárxija, безвла́ддяbezvláddja, безуря́ддяbezurjáddja

  4. (countable, uncountable)Confusion in general; disorder.

    It was total anarchy in the clothes shop on Black Friday as soon as they opened the doors.

    Anarchie

    ана́рхияanárxija, безвла́стиеbezvlástije

More definitions
  • a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)

Examples

15 sentences
  1. The country was in a state of anarchy at that time.

    ruВ то время страна находилась в состоянии анархии.

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  2. Anarchy can happen during wartime.

    ruВо время войны может наступить анархия.

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  3. Anarchy is order.

    Анархія — це порядок.

    ruАнархия — это порядок.

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  4. Their country is threatened by anarchy.

    ruИх стране угрожает анархия.

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  5. They needed a new government to control the anarchy.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
absence of any form of political authority or government:
Русский
By meaning 1
absence of any form of political authority or government:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
absence of any form of political authority or government:

Origin

From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía). By surface analysis, an- +

From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía). By surface analysis, an- + -archy.

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Forms

plural: anarchies
Singularanarchy
Pluralanarchies

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government):lawlessness

Antonyms

3 antonyms
all senses:nonanarchy
antonym(s) of
disorder:orderA1

Word family

14 related words

See also

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