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Lawless vs Anarchy - What's the difference?

lawless | anarchy |

As an adjective lawless

is not governed by any law.

As a noun anarchy is

(uncountable) the state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.

lawless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not governed by any law.
  • Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
  • Not restrained by the law or by discipline; unruly, disorderly.
  • Derived terms

    * lawlessness

    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