[The Spectator Man]

an·ar·chy /ˈænərki/Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[an-er-kee]Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1.a state of society without government or law. 2.political and social disorder due to the absence of governmental control: The death of the king was followed by a year of anarchy. 3.a theory that regards the absence of all direct or coercive government as a political ideal and that proposes the cooperative and voluntary association of individuals and groups as the principal mode of organized society. 4.confusion; chaos; disorder: Intellectual and moral anarchy followed his loss of faith.