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anarchy

noun as in lawlessness; absence of government

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Letting humans use their common sense is not an invitation to anarchy.

I had the opportunity to appear on the popular Sons of Anarchy series in their final season.

There are quite enough sons of anarchy in Syria and Iraq already.

And this is the prevailing attitude that white St. Louis fears the most: an all out riot, anarchy, lawlessness, disorder.

The notion of anarchy so appalled the conservative Reagan, he came out against Briggs, and it was defeated.

They were sure that the white troops in Meerut would soon arrive and put an end to the prevalent anarchy.

A remnant of the long parliament assembled during the anarchy, and has been termed the rump.

Mr. Hutchinson was doubtless temperamentally less inclined to fear tyranny than anarchy.

Such a course would tend only to bloody and interminable anarchy.

The Republic had proved an utter failure, and France was but a tempest-tossed ocean of anarchy.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to anarchy, such as: chaos, confusion, disorder, lawlessness, nihilism, and rebellion.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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