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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryan·ar·chy \ˈa-nər-kē, -ˌnär-\ noun ETYMOLOGY Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek, from anarchos having no ruler, from an- + archos ruler — more at arch- DATE 15391. a. absence of government b. a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority c. a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government2. a. absence or denial of any authority or established order b. absence of order : disorder not manicured plots but a wild anarchy of nature — Israel Shenker3. anarchismEnglish Etymologyanarchy 1530s, from M.L. anarchia, from Gk. anarkhia "lack of a leader," noun of state from anarkhos "rulerless," from an- "without" + arkhos "leader" (see archon). Anarch (n.) "leader of leaderlessness," a deliciously paradoxical word, was used by Milton, Pope, Byron. Anarcho-syndicalism is first recorded 1913. "Either the State for ever, crushing individual and local life, taking over in all fields of human activity, bringing with it its wars and its domestic struggles for power, its palace revolutions which only replace one tyrant by another, and inevitably at the end of this development there is ... death! Or the destruction of States, and new life starting again in thousands of centers on the principle of the lively initiative of the individual and groups and that of free agreement. The choice lies with you!" [Prince Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921)] Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7anarchyan·archy / 5AnEki; NAmE 5AnErki / noun[U] a situation in a country, an organization, etc. in which there is no government, order or control 无政府状态；混乱；无法无天: The overthrow of the military regime was followed by a period of anarchy. 军事统治政权被推翻以后,接着是一段时期的无政府状态。 There was complete anarchy in the classroom when their usual teacher was away. 级任老师不在时,班上一片混乱。 • an·arch·ic / E5nB:kik; NAmE E5nB:rkik / (also less frequent an·arch·ic·al / -kl / ) adj.OLTanarchy noun⇨ trouble 1Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridgedan·ar·chy\ˈanə(r)kē, -ki sometimes -ˌnärk-, -ˌnȧk-\ noun(-es)Etymology: Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek, from anarchos rulerless (from an- + archos ruler) + -ia -y — more at archi-1. a. : absence of government < society finds its highest perfection in the union of order with anarchy — B.R.Tucker > b. : a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority < an anarchy as absolute as that … during the terror — W.C.Brownell > c. : a Utopian society having no government and made up of individuals who enjoy complete freedom < looks forward to the establishment of anarchy … the absence of a master and the rule of law — J.H.Hallowell >2. a. : absence or denial of any authority, established order, or ruling power < for our people liberty so often means only license and anarchy— C.L.Sulzberger > b. : absence of order : confusion < have managed to achieve complete anarchy in their electrical fixtures — Richard Joseph >3. : anarchism < society defending itself against heretical anarchy from within — Hilaire Belloc >

Anarchy From Absence Noun Government B A State