Definition of anarchy

1a: absence of government

b: a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authoritythe city's descent into anarchy

c: a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government

2a: absence or denial of any authority or established orderanarchy prevailed in the ghetto

b: absence of order : DISORDERnot manicured plots but a wild anarchy of nature— Israel Shenker