anarchy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: anarchy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for anarchy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
anarchy n a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) Synonym(s): anarchy, lawlessness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Anarchy \An"archy\, 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.