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a situation of confused and wild behavior in which the people in a country, group, organization, etc., are not controlled by rules or laws
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Recent Examples of anarchism
And when liberalism seems weak and people are impatient for change, authoritarianism or anarchism can seem suitable alternatives to many.
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Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
There’s a character who is an anarchist, and anarchism becomes a thread through the whole book.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
At the dawn of the 20th century, anarchism was not the nihilistic chaos the term may bring to mind today.
—Geoffrey Baym, The Conversation, 5 May 2025
Catholicism offers ritual without the tedium of rationality; anarchism offers revolutionary action against inequality without the taint of materialism, the prospect of personal gain.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Big Think, 11 Sep. 2025
There’s a character who is an anarchist, and anarchism becomes a thread through the whole book.
—Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 11 Aug. 2025
At the dawn of the 20th century, anarchism was not the nihilistic chaos the term may bring to mind today.
—Geoffrey Baym, The Conversation, 5 May 2025
Catholicism offers ritual without the tedium of rationality; anarchism offers revolutionary action against inequality without the taint of materialism, the prospect of personal gain.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchism
Noun
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Flynn said the rally should have never been allowed to escalate to the point of anarchy.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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Other dystopian genre films like The Omega Man, starring Charlton Heston, or World War Z, starring Brad Pitt, imagine the anarchy coming from a virus that breaks society and turns neighbors into literal zombies.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Actual Vancouverites barely stood by to watch the commotion.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2025
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On the other side, there was just as much commotion, but these conversations were almost hysterical — and far uglier.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Anarchism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchism. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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