anarchy (anarki)

[F. anarchie, It seemed but too likely that England would fall under the most odious and degrading of all kinds of government, uniting all the evils of despotism to all the evils of anarchy . Macaulay . Specifically-2. A social theory which regards the union of order with the absence of all direct government of man by man as the political ideal; absolute individual liberty. The most noted expounder of this theory was Pierre Joseph Proudhon (1809-1865), whose views have been adopted, with various modifications, by many agitators. Proudhon said that "the true form of the state is anarchy," meaning by anarchy, of course, not positive disorder, but the absence of any supreme ruler, whether king or convention. Rae, Contemp. Socialism, p. 141. 3. Confusion in general. The late beauteous prospect presents one scene of an archy and wild uproar, as though old Chaos had resumed his reign, and was hurling back into one vast turmoil the conflicting elements of nature. Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 185. = Syn. Anarchy, Chaos. Anarchy is an absence of government; chaos is an absence of order. anarcotin, a narcotine (a-när kō-tin), n. [ apparent freedom from narcotic properties. anareta (an-ar'e-tä), n. [ML., prop. * anæret a, The length of time which the apheta and anareta , as posited in each respective figure of a nativity, will be in forming a conjunction, or coming together in the same Sibley , Astrology. point of the heavens, is the precise length of the native's anaretic (an-a-ret'ik), a. [Prop.* anæretic, The anaretic or killing places are the places of Saturn and Mars, which kill according to the direction of the hyleg to the succeeding signs. Sibley, Astrology. Sibley . an are tical (an-a-ret'i-kal), a. Same as anaretic. Anarhynchus (an-a-ring'kus), n. [NL., Anarnacinæ