as in chaos
a state in which there is widespread wrongdoing and disregard for rules and authority
the anarchy that the country experienced after the dictator drained the treasury and fled the country
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Excerpt The Mob Began to Think and Reason David Graeber
David Graeber, an anthropologist and key figure in the Occupy Wall Street protests, dissects the deeply undemocratic origins of America and the meaning of anarchy in this excerpt from his book The Democracy Project.
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Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
At this point, the United States must instead try again to directly engage China and Russia not only as nuclear adversaries to be deterred but also as potential collaborators in a final attempt to head off nuclear anarchy.
—Lewis A. Dunn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
On the walls were Tolokonnikova’s latest visual works: Russian police shields scratched up with messages and drawings of the anarchy symbol and tiny flowers.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025
Reconstructing the Strip, rescuing it from dangerous anarchy, will require somehow navigating around that fact.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
At this point, the United States must instead try again to directly engage China and Russia not only as nuclear adversaries to be deterred but also as potential collaborators in a final attempt to head off nuclear anarchy.
—Lewis A. Dunn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2024
On the walls were Tolokonnikova’s latest visual works: Russian police shields scratched up with messages and drawings of the anarchy symbol and tiny flowers.
—Steve Appleford, SPIN, 23 Jan. 2025
Reconstructing the Strip, rescuing it from dangerous anarchy, will require somehow navigating around that fact.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchy
Noun
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People are angry’: Fear and chaos grip San Diego’s 47,000-strong federal workforce ‘People are frustrated.—
Ernie Cowan,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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The series followed a group of over-the-top contestants vying for Flav’s affection through outrageous challenges, dramatic eliminations, and plenty of chaos.—
Emily Price,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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He has not been charged with any crimes over his activities during campus unrest at the university, which proponents say were aimed at curbing support for Israel and do not amount to antisemitic attacks on Jews.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Authorities blamed the unrest on armed remnants of the Assad government, but acknowledged that some of the civilian killings were the fault of undisciplined factions or individual actors.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Mar. 2025
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The current turmoil raises serious questions about the future of student loan forgiveness and repayment policy.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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With political turmoil at all levels of government, many problems may get overlooked or delayed.—
Sam Schwartz,
New York Daily News,
9 Mar. 2025
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Hezbollah shares its chronic corruption and misrule with the other militias turned parties that have hollowed out the postwar Lebanese state.—
Youmna Melhem Chamieh,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Nobody can disaggregate the effects of international policies from the impact of the Taliban’s awful misrule.—
Delaney Simon,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Anarchy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchy. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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