(n.) Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.
(n.) Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.
Example Sentences:
(1) He would have been knocking it all sideways.” Anarchy & Beauty: William Morris and his Legacy, 1860-1960 is at the National Portrait Gallery , London, 16 October – 11 January.
(2) Mugabe and his Zanu-PF thugs, terrified of losing their empire, unleashed a carefully targeted anarchy at anyone who showed the slightest sign of dissent.
(3) But even as soldiers were able to impose order there after several days of anarchy that saw armed Buddhists torch the city's Muslim quarters, unrest was reported in two other towns to the south.
(4) In that respect, everyone in court number one had already lived through 24-hour cycles of tension, violence, anarchy, horror, cleanup, clampdown, fightback, soul-searching and recrimination.
(5) It's telling, I think, because she's seen as a conservative, but there's a huge streak of anarchy that runs right through her."
(6) However, the bad memories - the bloody purges, the violent anarchy of the Cultural Revolution - are officially classified as "mistakes", committed when Mao was old and no longer in control of his evil courtiers.
(7) Photograph: Mark Townsend Moussa lives in the Camp Fleur district of Kaga-Bandoro, a town deep in the jungle of the CAR, which was tipped into anarchy when the Seleka rebels overthrew the government and seized power four months ago.
(8) ''Anarchy is the final consequence of overpopulation.''
(9) It’s that Britain has prime responsibility for the cause of the crisis, the anarchy in Iraq.
(10) It proceeded to sow anarchy across Afghanistan and Iraq and then attempted, after 2012, to destabilise President Assad in Syria.
(11) The Indian position has been that any attempt to reconcile with militants is doomed to failure and risks plunging Afghanistan into anarchy and fanaticism from which Pakistan stands to benefit.
(12) There was no warning about other political groups, but next to an image of the anarchist emblem, the City of Westminster police's "counter terrorist focus desk" called for anti-anarchist whistleblowers stating: "Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy.
(13) Maltings' seven cask ales include permanent Black Sheep, regular staples such as York Brewery's Guzzler and beers from newer, smaller breweries, such as Coxhoe's Sonnet 43 and Morpeth's Anarchy.
(14) Songs helped shape popular moods: Richard Thompson’s Blackleg Miner highlighted the plight of colliery workers, while Song of the Lower Classes by the chartist poet MP Ernest Jones drew on rousing works such as Shelley’s Mask of Anarchy .
(15) Then I got two handkerchiefs with the Anarchy cover printed on them, but I gave one to Sid Vicious because he said, "Those bastards won't give me one!"
(16) The behaviour of these protesters is illegal, extremely unreasonable and inhumane, and is even worse than that of radical social activists and almost complete anarchy,” the statement said.
(17) We watched as a million-and-a-half people staggered around having been released from a totalitarian nightmare into a world of complete anarchy.
(18) Jon Cruddas, Labour MP for Dagenham, who wants Labour to develop its own vision of a "big society" based on strong local institutions, said: "This reveals that the Tory approach to the big society is literally a recipe for chaos, bordering on anarchy."
(19) The anarchy and opportunism thus either became, on the political right, the final evidence of liberal "entitlement culture" gone wrong, or on the left a demonstration of how market economics and materialism had betrayed us.
(20) Back in London, McLaren was determined to start his own band and by 1976 was managing the Sex Pistols, the punk entity that revolutionised popular culture and introduced anarchy to the masses.
Archy
Definition:
(a.) Arched; as, archy brows.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."
(2) New ITV chairman Archie Norman will launch a strategy review this month as he seeks to "accelerate the transformation" of the broadcaster.
(3) It’s a sweet, tender, funny reintroduction to a classic character, and after a few recent PR missteps by Archie Comics – which cranked up Kickstarter campaigns to quickly relaunch other modernised versions of some of its classic titles, before abandoning the idea after complaints from fans and industry professionals – looks like a solid launchpad for its 75th-anniversary celebrations.
(4) Archie Norman , ITV's chairman, said Crozier, who is the former head of the Football Association, had the "steely resolve we need at ITV", which was looking for a "great leader".
(5) ITV said that Archie Norman, the former Tory MP and party chief executive, had not had any direct involvement with the programme.
(6) ITV chairman Archie Norman has staunchly defended his decision to overlook TV veterans in his international search for a chief executive, following today's appointment of Adam Crozier, and all but ruled out further cost cuts or a sell-off of its programme-making arm.
(7) Allies of the PM are urging him to consider heavyweight candidates such as former Tory MP and ITV chairman Archie Norman or the former Tory leader Lord Howard of Lympne.
(8) Finally, Archie Kane, the former boss of its insurance arm, was also told he would miss out on his bonus.
(9) Archie Knox 1986-91 The Scot had accompanied Ferguson to Old Trafford from Aberdeen and would be his close confidant and, initially, his house-mate in Timperley.
(10) A 1-0 Costa Rica success resonates as much to this day with Scotland’s followers as Archie Gemmill’s 1978 wonder-goal against Holland or David Narey’s spectacular toe-poke past Brazil’s Waldir Peres four years later in Spain.
(11) Archie's happy ending: the gay wedding issue sold out.
(12) But in 1960, he was fully at ease in the film version of John Osborne's The Entertainer, and contributed a remarkable performance as Archie Rice.
(13) ITV's new chairman, the former Tory MP Archie Norman , has said he does not "expect favours" from his political contacts, but plans to lobby for more deregulation of the broadcasting market.
(14) ITV's chairman, Archie Norman, and chief executive, Adam Crozier, are expected to talk about pay-TV as part of a wider plan when the broadcaster reports its half-yearly results next Tuesday.
(15) As he walks me through its echoing halls, councillor Archie Graham, executive member for the Commonwealth Games, reels off the "world-class" statistics of this mindboggling venue, explaining how it saves money by bringing everything together under one roof.
(16) His resignation follows that of Helen Weir, head of retail banking, and the retirement of Archie Kane, who ran the insurance arm.
(17) ITV chairman Archie Norman warned today that the broadcaster could afford "no more false dawns" as he outlined a five-year plan to transform the business into one of Britain's "fastest changing media companies".
(18) ITV gains nothing from the proposed cutbacks at the BBC, its chairman Archie Norman said today, as he promised a "day zero" revamp of the broadcaster that could include a fresh look at pay-TV.
(19) Seven people unsubscribed from Archie after Keller was introduced, but thousands more signed up, Goldwater said.
(20) They had no experience in management, nor did they have any money, hence the need to borrow from Archie's dad, as well as from Jack's mum's Catholic priest and a variety of other elderly relations.