anarchy

/ˈæ.nə.ki/

noun

  1. The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.

  2. Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.

  3. A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.

  4. Confusion in general; disorder.

Antonyms: nonanarchy, order