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[ noun ] a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
Synonyms Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)Only confusion , failure and anarchy result when the effort is made to impose upon the civil_authority the impossible task of policing private homes to preclude the possibility of sin . (Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)Anything is possible when anarchy has the upper_hand '' . Related terms |
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