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
Review: 'The White Lotus' Season 3 is on the edge of anarchy
Anitta's viewing taste for the silver screen provides similar food for thought.
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Realism starts with the assumption that in world politics, anarchy reigns: no ultimate authority can settle disputes or guarantee restraint.
—Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
As this theory went, an unbalanced government would descend into tyranny with a too-powerful monarch; oligarchy under a dominant aristocratic class; or anarchy with the people out of control.
—Carla Gardina Pestana, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
But his comix are best understood as a bottom-up effort to return a neutered art form—one that afforded him untrammeled fantasy as a kid—to a place of illegitimacy and anarchy, shame and desire, surplus and oblivion.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
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Edward Segarra, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
Realism starts with the assumption that in world politics, anarchy reigns: no ultimate authority can settle disputes or guarantee restraint.
—Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 22 Jan. 2025
As this theory went, an unbalanced government would descend into tyranny with a too-powerful monarch; oligarchy under a dominant aristocratic class; or anarchy with the people out of control.
—Carla Gardina Pestana, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2025
But his comix are best understood as a bottom-up effort to return a neutered art form—one that afforded him untrammeled fantasy as a kid—to a place of illegitimacy and anarchy, shame and desire, surplus and oblivion.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchy
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The evolution from physical boundaries to digital chaos to intentional system design shows us both the problem and the solution.—
Melissa Daimler,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Indeed, rebel violence and chaos weakened Uruguay's civilian government and helped pave the way for a 1973 coup that plunged the country into military dictatorship.—
John Otis,
NPR,
13 May 2025
Noun
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The Latin American pivot proved timely, offering Gaumont an outlet as the English-speaking market faced post-pandemic labor unrest and economic slowdown.—
Ben Croll,
Variety,
7 May 2025
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Amidst the social unrest shaking France, the fates of Valjean, Cosette, her lover Marius, and Javert become intertwined in a turbulent, revolutionary Paris.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
30 Apr. 2025
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How a Sustainable Clothing Entrepreneur Spends Her Sundays That remarkable string of turmoil comes as Mr. Trump has sought to enlist the tax collection agency in exacting political retribution.—
Andrew Duehren,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Brown said those Big Tech companies affirming or even raising guidance saved the entire stock market from the massive turmoil in April.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
20 May 2025
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Other observers said that General Nguema had mainly benefited from the Gabonese people’s disenchantment with decades of misrule.—
Elian Peltier,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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The 22-year-old Palestinian man joined protests in the Gaza Strip last week to demand an end to 18 years of Hamas’ violent misrule in the territory.—
Bret Stephens,
Mercury News,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Anarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchy. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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