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the complete absence of political authority; or more generally, complete absence of order- It's not the government I want, but it's better than anarchy.
anarchy = the complete absence of political authority
- I don't like enforcing that law, but I prefer it to anarchy.
- During the anarchy of the Middle Ages, every man was compelled to look upon war as his natural occupation, if he hoped to preserve life or property.Bayard Tuckerman -- A History of English Prose Fiction
- ...unless we wish anarchy to prevail within the federal judicial system, a precedent of this Court must be followed by the lower federal courts no matter how misguided the judges of those courts may think it to be.William H. Rehnquist writing the majority opinion for the Supreme Court -- Hutto v. Davis, 454 U.S. 375 (1982)
- Whenever governments fall, anarchy ensues if a new order is not put in place immediately.
- The doctrine of the Cultural Revolution implied continuous anarchy.David Henry Hwang -- M. Butterfly
- War, hunger, anarchy, and oppression forced millions of people- like Tariq and his family in this tale-to abandon their homes and flee AfghanistanKhaled Hosseini -- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Anarchy in the U.K., I love it.Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
- What evils are not wrought by Anarchy!Sophocles -- Antigone
- That would lead to anarchy.Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- Order blends into chaos, love into hate, ugliness into beauty, law into anarchy, civility into savagery.Tim O'Brien -- The Things They Carried
- They were sick of the anarchy which had been their portion under Uther Pendragon:T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
- Long live Anarchy and Liberty...Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Only the tribe's principles of honor stand in the way of anarchy.Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor
- Until it knows its rank for certain, the animal lives a life of unbearable anarchy.Yann Martel -- Life of Pi
- Finny's life was ruled by inspiration and anarchy,John Knowles -- A Separate Peace
- A revolution swept across Mexico in 1910, precipitating a decade of civil war and anarchy.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- Things Fall Apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart - Later, while Dad retreated to the living room and Mom fumed in the kitchen, the football boys from Coalwood gathered in Jim's room, plotting futile anarchy.Homer Hickam -- October Sky
- It was chaos, anarchy.Dave Eggers -- Zeitoun
anarchy = absence of order
anarchy = absence of order
anarchy = the complete absence of political authority
anarchy = the complete absence of political authority; or more generally, complete absence of order
anarchy = the absence of political authority
anarchy = the complete absence of political authority or order
anarchy = complete absence of law (political authority)
anarchy = the complete absence of political authority (and order)
anarchy = freedom from any governmental authority
anarchy = the complete absence of political authority
anarchy = chaos from absence of authority
anarchy = complete absence of order
anarchy = the complete absence of political authority
anarchy = complete absence of order
anarchy = the complete absence of political authority
anarchy = the complete absence of political authority; or more generally, complete absence of order