anarchical
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- adjective
- /əˈnɑrkɪkəl/
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- In actuality, however, conditions were not anarchical because the Viet Cong, in a de facto sense, functioned as a governmental authority and provided the cohering mechanism for controlling the populace.
- conditions were anarchical
- an anarchical international system
Examples
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Desires a democratic school environment rather than a hierarchical or anarchical mode.
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This theory does not posit that the system is completely anarchical.
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For the sake of a similar prize, one would have to desire the anarchical collapse of our entire civilization.
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On the surface, it is tempting to define local conditions as anarchical.
Academic text (1994) -
Governments, therefore, have little fear that anarchical regions will be seized by foreign powers or that rebels will succeed in establishing independent jurisdictions.
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Active intervention was not the answer, for "time is the remedy for all bad passions and for all anarchical doctrines."
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It concluded by asserting that a "strong and credible government" was needed to "neutralize the current anarchical situation" and restore the state.
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It renders international relations anarchical, for it makes states wholly autonomous; they are not required to yield or genuflect to any outside authority.
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New Deal economics sought to protect rivals against the "brutal ethos" and "anarchical" effects of "excess" or "ruinous competition" through government regulation of price, output, and factors of production.
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In an anarchical society, people often struggle to find basic services like healthcare and education.
Synonyms
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4.9
A place where laws do not control people, causing disorder
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A situation with no order or control and no leaders
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Supporting no government and opposing other forms of authority
Antonyms
How Anarchic
Surface Forms
Morphology
anarchical = anarchic (transparent) = anarch + al
Formation from the adjective 'anarchic' by adding the adjectival suffix '-al' is regular and the meaning is directly predictable.
Etymology
Anarchical comes from Greek parts an- meaning 'without' and arch meaning 'ruler', the same root you see in monarch. So, anarchical describes a state 'without' rulers or control, which is why it means 'without order' or 'law'.