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anarchic

UK/əˈnɑː.kɪk/US/əˈnɑɹ.kɪk/
adjectiveC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,623 of 15,258leans written

Anarchic means wildly disordered and recognising no authority. Anarchic humour.

In comedy it is praise and in a country it is not, which is the range the word covers. Anarchic is not the same as anarchist, which describes a political belief.

Definitions of anarchic

  1. 1adjectiveanarchicWildly disordered and recognising no authority.C2

    “The whole show was anarchic and lasted four series.”

anarchic is a quality.

Where it comes from

  1. New Latin

    anarchia

  2. English

    anarchy

  3. English, today

    anarchic

From anarchy + -ic. anarchy comes from New Latin anarchia. From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία. by surface analysis, an- + -archy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

anarchic in the wild

  • Other synonyms for the notion include absolutely free algebra and anarchic algebra.

    Term algebra

  • War is seen as inevitably inherent in the anarchic conditions of world politics.

    Realism (international relations)

  • In an anarchic state, there is no hierarchically superior, coercive power that can resolve disputes, enforce law, or order the system of international politics.

    Anarchy (international relations)

  • In rare cases, worker-laid eggs carry mimicked queen hydrocarbons and escape policing, a condition known as the anarchic syndrome.

    Worker policing

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the anarchia family

anarchy

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