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the complete absence of political authority; or more generally, complete absence of order

anarchy = the complete absence of political authority

anarchy = absence of order

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

anarchy = absence of order

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.
Chinua Achebe -- Things Fall Apart

anarchy = lack of political order

anarchy = the complete absence of order

anarchy = the complete absence of political authority; or more generally, complete absence of order

anarchy = the absence of political authority

That would lead to anarchy.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Letter from a Birmingham Jail

anarchy = the complete absence of political authority or order

Order blends into chaos, love into hate, ugliness into beauty, law into anarchy, civility into savagery.
Tim O'Brien -- The Things They Carried

anarchy = complete absence of law (political authority)

They were sick of the anarchy which had been their portion under Uther Pendragon:
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King

anarchy = the complete absence of political authority (and order)

anarchy = freedom from any governmental authority

Only the tribe's principles of honor stand in the way of anarchy.
Marcus Luttrell -- Lone Survivor

anarchy = the complete absence of political authority

Until it knows its rank for certain, the animal lives a life of unbearable anarchy.
Yann Martel -- Life of Pi

anarchy = chaos from absence of authority

Finny's life was ruled by inspiration and anarchy,
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

anarchy = complete absence of order

A revolution swept across Mexico in 1910, precipitating a decade of civil war and anarchy.
W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game

anarchy = the complete absence of political authority

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

anarchy = the complete absence of political authority

anarchy = the complete absence of political authority; or more generally, complete absence of order

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