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.

Noun

(panarchies)

The individual's right to choose any form of government without being forced to move from their current locale.

* 1860 article by “Panarchy” de Puydt

(systems theory) Dynamic symmetry across multiple scales.

*{{quote-book, 2001, Lance H. Gunderson and C. S. Holling, Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems, page=25 citation

, passage=In panarchies , transformational change can be generated from below or from above. }}

(diplomacy) An inclusive, multilateral system in which all parties may participate meaningfully.

*{{quote-book, 2006, W.A. Knight, Canada Among Nations, chapter=Plurilateral Multilateralism: Canada's Emerging International Policy?, editors=Andrew F. Cooper, Dane Rowlands citation

, passage=The overlapping governance networks of panarchy have facilitated a context conducive to the above competing multilateralisms.}}

(anarchism, rare) Rule by all; a system of governance in which each person has absolute power.

*{{quote-book, 2001, David Trend, Reading Digital Culture, page=148 citation

, passage=If everyone all at once wanted to know who won the Stanley Cup in 1968 they could have the information simultaneously; cyberspace as the site of Unamuno's panarchy , where each one is king.}}

(rare) Rule of all; absolute or total rule.

*{{quote-book, 1909, Samuel Eagle Forman, A Good Word for Democracy citation

, passage=These contentions give rise to systems of political philosophy which range all the way from anarchy to panarchy ; from the doctrine that government should do nothing to the doctrine that it should do everything.}}

(poetic, rare) An all-encompassing realm.

*{{quote-book, 1839, , Festus: A Poem citation

, passage=Some held that God, and all the heavenly powers, / As with the starry panarchy of space, / Were of one essence, like divine and high;}}