As a noun anarchy
is (uncountable) the state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.
As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.
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
x
Translingual
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wikipedia X)
Etymology 1
Letter
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Symbol
(
mul-symbol)
A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
strike
Etymology 2
Possibly from skull and crossbones
Derived terms
* XXX
See also
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Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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