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
The country had devolved into anarchy and total uncertainty.
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Flynn said the rally should have never been allowed to escalate to the point of anarchy.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Other dystopian genre films like The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston, or World War Z, starring Brad Pitt, imagine the anarchy coming from a virus that breaks society and turns neighbors into literal zombies.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
The film follows Amanda Aaltonen, a fiercely independent young woman with a spirit of anarchy and adventure.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
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Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 4 Dec. 2025
Flynn said the rally should have never been allowed to escalate to the point of anarchy.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Other dystopian genre films like The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston, or World War Z, starring Brad Pitt, imagine the anarchy coming from a virus that breaks society and turns neighbors into literal zombies.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
The film follows Amanda Aaltonen, a fiercely independent young woman with a spirit of anarchy and adventure.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchy
Noun
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Despite the chaos of very many demands, the bar staff remains attentive and quick on their feet.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Feb. 2026
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But just as there’s a difference between depicting chaos and depicting chaotically, there’s a difference between presenting theatergoers with a realistic image of mental illness and driving an audience nuts.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Iran used overwhelming force against the protesters to clear people out of the streets, but also to buy the government time by preventing any future waves of unrest, said Alex Vatanka, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, a Washington think tank.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Officials in law enforcement have said the number of police applicants looking to join a police force never quite rebounded since unrest around the nation led to protests and demonstrations in the wake of George Floyd’s death in 2020.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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One judge recently suggested that ICE was developing a troubling culture of lawlessness, while experts have questioned whether job applicants are getting enough vetting and training.—
Ryan J. Foley,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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And yet, chaos and lawlessness are not granularly directed.—
Ernesto Burden,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
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According to the official readouts, Xi and Putin appeared to be projecting a strong united front, with Moscow calling bilateral relations an important stabilizing factor at a time of growing global turmoil.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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Gold prices climbed after major central banks added to their reserves and investors rushed to buy the traditional safe-haven asset amid global political turmoil.—
Hanna Ziady,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Goetz understood this disorder not as the product of scant civic resources or state retreat but rather as the result of liberal misrule—do-gooder bureaucrats, failed social programs, and a city that had coddled the undeserving and the criminal.—
Heather Ann Thompson,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2026
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Soon, the story became buried in the avalanche of corruption and misrule that followed.—
Terence McNamee,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Anarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchy. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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