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Anarchy vs Barbarism - What's the difference?

anarchy | barbarism |

As nouns the difference between anarchy and barbarism

is that anarchy is (uncountable) the state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body while barbarism is a barbaric act.

anarchy

English

(wikipedia anarchy)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
  • (uncountable) Anarchism]]; the political theory that a community is best [[organize, organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
  • (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
  • Confusion in general; disorder.

    • Usage notes

    * (confusion or misunderstanding in general) Anarchists feel it is inappropriate to use anarchy to mean “a state of chaos or confusion”. However, this has historically been a common use of the word. * (English Citations of "anarchy")

    Synonyms

    * see

    Antonyms

    * (all senses) nonanarchy (rare) * (disorder) order

    Derived terms

    * anarchic * anarchical * anarchically * anarchism * anarchist * anarcho- English words suffixed with -archy

    barbarism

    English

    Noun

  • A barbaric act.
    • These barbarisms can not be allowed to continue; they must be crushed or civilization will collapse.
  • The condition of existing barbarically.
  • * 1879, William Tecumseh Sherman, Address to the Michigan Military Academy
    • War is at best barbarism...It's glory is all moonshine.
  • An error in language use within a single word, such as a mispronunciation.
  • * 2002, Hyman, Bad Grammar in Context , New England Classical Journal, 29, p. 94-101
    • In the jargon of the ancient grammarian, penacilin would be a barbarism .