Definitions for anarchies

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anarchies an·ar·chy

Spelling: [an-er-kee]

IPA: /ˈæn ər ki/

Anarchies is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 575 anagrams from letters in anarchies (aacehinrs).

Definitions for anarchies

noun

1. a state of society without government or law.
2. political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control: Synonyms: lawlessness, disruption, turmoil.
3. anarchism (def 1).
4. lack of obedience to an authority; insubordination:
5. confusion and disorder: Synonyms: chaos, disruption, turbulence; license; disorganization, disintegration.

Origin of anarchies

1530-40; (Middle French anarchie or Medieval Latin anarchia) Greek, anarchía lawlessness, literally, lack of a leader, equivalent to ánarch(os) leaderless (an- an-

Examples for anarchies

And this is the prevailing attitude that white St. Louis fears the most: an all out riot, anarchy, lawlessness, disorder.

There are quite enough sons of anarchy in Syria and Iraq already.

Let this business of anarchy be dealt with and settled once and for all!

It may be true (on the whole it is) that this social machine we have made is better than anarchy.

I had the opportunity to appear on the popular Sons of anarchy series in their final season.

The chief of a nation that prefers the pestilence of despotism to the plague of anarchy.

Whoever rejects it does of necessity fly to anarchy or to despotism.

Letting humans use their common sense is not an invitation to anarchy.

The notion of anarchy so appalled the conservative Reagan, he came out against Briggs, and it was defeated.

Plainly the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy.