- reign of anarchy
- rule of anarchy, lawlessness
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
reign of anarchy
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Anarchy — (from el. αναρχία anarchía , without ruler ) may refer to any of the following: * Absence of government; a state of lawlessness due to the absence or inefficiency of the supreme power; political disorder. [ anarchy. Oxford English Dictionary.… … Wikipedia
Anarchy (disambiguation) — Anarchy or Anarchists may refer to:* Anarchy, a stateless society * Anarchism, the belief that the state and all forms of rulership are undesirable and should be abolished * Anarchy (book) , ( L anarchia ,) Errico Malatesta s 1891 pamphlet… … Wikipedia
anarchy — [n] lawlessness; absence of government chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, disregard, hostility, misrule, mob rule, nihilism, nongovernment, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, turmoil, unrest; concepts 29,674 Ant. lawfulness,… … New thesaurus
anarchy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total ▪ near, virtual ▪ The high number of strikes resulted in near anarchy. ▪ moral ▪ … Collocations dictionary
reign — 1 noun (C) 1 the period of time during which someone is king or queen: the reign of Queen Victoria 2 a period during which something is the most powerful or most important feature of a place: the reign of Stalinism in Russia | reign of terror… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
reign — verb Reign is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑anarchy, ↑chaos, ↑confusion, ↑dynasty, ↑king, ↑monarch, ↑optimism, ↑peace, ↑queen, ↑silence … Collocations dictionary
Anarchy — A large part of King Stephen s reign from approximately 1135 to 1154 is so called, although a better term might well be civil war. The term is no longer favoured, as it suggests a more general state of disorder than actually existed at the time … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
anarchy — Synonyms and related words: aloofness, amorphia, amorphism, amorphousness, anarchism, anarcho syndicalism, anomie, antinomianism, blurriness, chaos, confusion, criminal syndicalism, criminalism, criminality, diffusion, discontinuity, discreteness … Moby Thesaurus
anarchy — n. Disorder, misrule, confusion, want of government, lawlessness, reign of violence … New dictionary of synonyms
The Anarchy — For the societal state involving a complete lack of government, see Anarchy. The Anarchy Date 1135–1154 Location England Result Treaty of Wallingford … Wikipedia
