as in chaos
a state in which there is widespread wrongdoing and disregard for rules and authority
the anarchy that the country experienced after the dictator drained the treasury and fled the country
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The ultimate freedom is anarchy and the jungle, so actually less freedom can bring joy to someone other than the top predator.
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
In new conditions of anarchy, groups can see other groups as threatening even as each only seeks to defend itself.
—Charles L. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The pro contingent, which includes this critic, appreciated its glowering social-realist spin and its adventurousness in observing Batman lore while tethering it to a morally bankrupt view of contemporary America on the brink of anarchy, cracked open by class and wealth divisions.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
Told unequivocally that the atmosphere at Columbia was hostile, Shafik equivocated — until the anarchy escalated to the point that the university had no choice but to call in the NYPD.
—The Editors, National Review, 16 Aug. 2024
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Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
In new conditions of anarchy, groups can see other groups as threatening even as each only seeks to defend itself.
—Charles L. Glaser, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
The pro contingent, which includes this critic, appreciated its glowering social-realist spin and its adventurousness in observing Batman lore while tethering it to a morally bankrupt view of contemporary America on the brink of anarchy, cracked open by class and wealth divisions.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2024
Told unequivocally that the atmosphere at Columbia was hostile, Shafik equivocated — until the anarchy escalated to the point that the university had no choice but to call in the NYPD.
—The Editors, National Review, 16 Aug. 2024
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