as in chaos
a state in which there is widespread wrongdoing and disregard for rules and authority
the anarchy that the country experienced after the dictator drained the treasury and fled the country
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Recent Examples of anarchy
There can only be chaos and anarchy.
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
They’re each united by coming-of-age themes including first love and first heartbreak, as well as varying degrees of anarchy, rebellion and mischief.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
There was a huge tradition of anarchy.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
The grandfather also showed him the sorry sight of contemporary hedges deformed by diabolical flail trimmers that chewed the natural architecture of branches into an anarchy of twigs.
—Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
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Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
They’re each united by coming-of-age themes including first love and first heartbreak, as well as varying degrees of anarchy, rebellion and mischief.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
There was a huge tradition of anarchy.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
The grandfather also showed him the sorry sight of contemporary hedges deformed by diabolical flail trimmers that chewed the natural architecture of branches into an anarchy of twigs.
—Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchy
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The Lincolnshire club had been locked in a spiral of decline in recent times — going from the second-tier Championship to National League North in the space of 12 years, amid financial chaos — but are now upwardly mobile once more, having won promotion back to the National League last season.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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Satoru Gojo, the strongest jujutsu sorcerer, arrived to address the chaos, but curse users and spirits plotted to seal him away.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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However, unrest still broke out at the game on Thursday, with anti-Israel protesters in the vicinity.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Tanzania is one of several African countries to hold disputed elections this year that have resulted in unrest.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Every day this White House offers up a fresh batch of lawlessness and recklessness and mean-spiritedness and just plain craziness.—
Halle Troadec,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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One that isn’t slurred together from such a familiar combination of backwater lawlessness, faux-polite menace, and profoundly sweaty animal metaphors.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
31 Oct. 2025
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The turmoil affecting air travel prompted Delta Air Lines on Thursday to demand that Congress reopen the government immediately.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
31 Oct. 2025
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Among Franco’s other movies about worlds in turmoil is New Order, the 2020 Spanish language drama that portrayed a coup d’état in which the wealthy ruling class is replaced by a militarized regime, and which bowed in Venice.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 2025
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But, after decades of misrule, the PA is wildly unpopular among Palestinians themselves.—
Ilan Berman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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His regime’s misrule, combined with its alliance with transnational criminal organizations, has destabilized the entire region.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Anarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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