anarchy

== English == === Etymology === From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía). By surface analysis, an- +‎ -archy. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈæn.ə.ki/ (Ireland, General American, without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈæn.ɚ.ki/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈeə̯n.ɚ.ki/, /ˈɛə̯n.ɚ.ki/ Rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)ki (General American, without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈæn.ɑɹ.ki/ (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈeə̯n.ɑɹ.ki/, /ˈɛə̯n.ɑɹ.ki/ Rhymes: -ænɑː(ɹ)ki Hyphenation: an‧ar‧chy === Noun === anarchy (countable and uncountable, plural anarchies) (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body. (uncountable, rare) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature. Synonym: anarchism (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government. Confusion in general; disorder. ==== Synonyms ==== see Thesaurus:disorder ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “all senses”): nonanarchy (rare) (antonym(s) of “political”): government (antonym(s) of “disorder”): order ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1849) [1840], “Chapitre V. Second Partie. § 2.”, in Qu’est ce que la propriété? (in French), page 242; English translation from “Chapter V. Part Second. § 2.”, in Benjamin Tucker, transl., What Is Property?, 1876, page 277: “The meaning ordinarily attached to the word “anarchy” is absence of principle, absence of rule; consequently, it has been regarded as synonymous with “disorder.” ([original: Le sens ordinairement attribué au mot anarchie est absence de principe, absence de règle ; d’où vient qu’on l’a fait synonyme de désordre.])” Marshall S. Shatz (2005), “Note on the Translation”, in Statism and Anarchy, translation of Государственность и aнархия by Михаил Бакунин [Mikhail Bakunin] (in Russian)