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US
/æˈnɑɹkɪk/
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[ UK /ænˈɑːkɪk/ ]
[ UK /ænˈɑːkɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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without law or control
the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic
How To Use anarchic In A Sentence
- Hesher (Director: Spencer Susser; Screenwriters: Spencer Susser and David Michod; Story by Brian Charles Frank) — A mysterious, anarchical trickster descends on the lives of a family struggling to deal with a painful loss. Sundance 2010 Competition Lineup Arrives, And Here Are Some Highlights » MTV Movies Blog
- Now that I think about it, direct property distraint was a recognized means of compelling welchers to fulfill their obligations in the quasi-anarchic Brehon laws of Celtic Ireland, even if it was a case of tenants or debtors going after landlords or creditors. Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #30
- The first he would have described as a natural system - like a primitive state of nature, an uncivilized, anarchic world where the most powerful tyrannize the rest.
- East, perhaps from the core hidden in anarchic theories of the resolution of good and evil in a higher unity. Nobel Prize in Literature 1946 - Presentation Speech
- The contrast between the anarchical images of vandalism in Seattle and Genoa and the dignified demeanor of civil rights demonstrators forty years before is striking.
- While there is no question that his verbiage is infuriating at times, I think it's a mistake to see him as nothing but an anarchic, anti-rationalist nihilist.
- Black it certainly is; funny it certainly is, but, in reality, it is more of a symposium of anarchic, iconoclastic humour than a comedy in the pure sense of the word.
- It's a public forum to discuss whether the Internet has been transformed from some sort of anarchic dream into a legal minefield.
- Against police guidance, some individuals forced the security cordon in an anarchical way, insulting passers-by and police officers and saying they wanted to the head to the palace," the police said in a statement quoted by Angolan state news agency Angop. Several injured in Angola anti-government rally: report
- They fail to pursue collaborative strategies because they expect the other members of the anarchic system to pursue competitive strategies.