The country was in a state of anarchy at that time.
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Anarchy
//ˈæ.nə.ki//
Synonyms for "anarchy" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
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1 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesat location
2 entriesderived
16 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
147 translations across 80 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- anargie noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Albanian
1 entries- anarki noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀναρχία noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- ἀναρχία noun (political disorder and confusion)
Arabic
3 entries- فَوْضَوِيَّة noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- فَوْضَى noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- لَا سُلْطَة noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Armenian
1 entries- անիշխանություն noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Asturian
1 entries- anarquía noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- anarxiya noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Basque
1 entries- anarkia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Belarusian
2 entries- ана́рхія noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- безула́ддзе noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Bengali
1 entries- অরাজকতা noun (political disorder and confusion)
Bulgarian
4 entries- ана́рхия noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- ана́рхия noun (political disorder and confusion)
- безвла́стие noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- безре́дие noun (political disorder and confusion)
Burmese
1 entries- မင်းမဲ့စရိုက် noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Catalan
2 entries- anarquia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarquia noun (political disorder and confusion)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 無政府狀態 /无政府状态 noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- 無政府狀態 /无政府状态 noun (political disorder and confusion)
Czech
4 entries- anarchie noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarchie noun (political disorder and confusion)
- bezvládí noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- bezvládí noun (political disorder and confusion)
Danish
2 entries- anarki noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarki noun (political disorder and confusion)
Dutch
3 entries- anarchie noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarchie noun (political disorder and confusion)
- regeringsloosheid noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Esperanto
2 entries- anarkio noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarĥio noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Estonian
2 entries- anarhia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarhia noun (political disorder and confusion)
Faroese
1 entries- stjórnarloysi noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Finnish
2 entries- anarkia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarkia noun (political disorder and confusion)
French
2 entries- anarchie noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarchie noun (political disorder and confusion)
Friulian
1 entries- anarchie noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Gagauz
1 entries- anarhiya noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Galician
1 entries- anarquía noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Georgian
2 entries- ანარქია noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- ანარქია noun (political disorder and confusion)
German
2 entries- Anarchie noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- Anarchie noun (political disorder and confusion)
Greek
2 entries- αναρχία noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- αναρχία noun (political disorder and confusion)
Hebrew
1 entries- אָנַרְכְיָה noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Hindi
1 entries- अराजकता noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Hungarian
1 entries- anarchia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Icelandic
2 entries- stjórnleysi noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- stjórnleysi noun (political disorder and confusion)
Indonesian
1 entries- anarki noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Irish
4 entries- ainriail noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- ainriail noun (political disorder and confusion)
- anlathas noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anlathas noun (political disorder and confusion)
Italian
2 entries- anarchia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarchia noun (political disorder and confusion)
Japanese
2 entries- 無政府状態 noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- 跳梁跋扈 noun (political disorder and confusion)
Kazakh
1 entries- анархия noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Khmer
2 entries- អនាធិបតេយ្យ noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- អនាធិបតេយ្យ noun (political disorder and confusion)
Korean
1 entries- 무정부 상태 noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- анархия noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Lao
2 entries- ອະນາທິປະໄຕ noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- ອະນາທິປະໄຕ noun (political disorder and confusion)
Latin
2 entries- anarchia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarchia noun (political disorder and confusion)
Latvian
1 entries- anarhija noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Lithuanian
1 entries- anarchija noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Macedonian
3 entries- анархија noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- анархија noun (political disorder and confusion)
- безвластие noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Malay
1 entries- anarki noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Maltese
1 entries- anarkija noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Mongolian
1 entries- анархи noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Māori
1 entries- turekoretanga noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Norman
2 entries- anarchie noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarchie noun (political disorder and confusion)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- anarşî noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Norwegian
2 entries- anarki noun (political disorder and confusion)
- vanstyre noun (political disorder and confusion)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- anarki noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Occitan
1 entries- anarquia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Pashto
2 entries- آنارشي noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- انارشي noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Persian
3 entries- آنارشی noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- بیدولتی noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- هرج و مرج noun (political disorder and confusion)
Polish
4 entries- anarchia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarchia noun (political disorder and confusion)
- bezprawie noun (political disorder and confusion)
- bezrząd noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Portuguese
2 entries- anarquia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarquia noun (political disorder and confusion)
Romanian
2 entries- anarhie noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarhie noun (political disorder and confusion)
Russian
4 entries- ана́рхия noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- ана́рхия noun (political disorder and confusion)
- безвла́стие noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- безвла́стие noun (political disorder and confusion)
Samogitian
1 entries- anarkėjė noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- anàrhija noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anàrhija noun (political disorder and confusion)
- bezákonje noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- bèsprāvlje noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Sicilian
1 entries- anarchìa noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Sinhalese
1 entries- අරාජික noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Slovak
2 entries- anarchia noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- bezvládie noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Slovene
1 entries- anarhija noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Spanish
2 entries- anarquía noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarquía noun (political disorder and confusion)
Swedish
2 entries- anarki noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- anarki noun (political disorder and confusion)
Tagalog
1 entries- anarkiya noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Tajik
3 entries- анархия noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- бедавлати noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- беҳокимиятӣ noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Tatar
1 entries- анархия noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Thai
2 entries- อนาธิปไตย noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- อนาธิปไตย noun (political disorder and confusion)
Turkish
1 entries- anarşi noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Turkmen
1 entries- anarhiýa noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Ukrainian
3 entries- ана́рхія noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- безвла́ддя noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- безуря́ддя noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Urdu
1 entries- انارکی noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Uyghur
2 entries- ئانارخىيە noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- ھۆكۈمەتسىزلىك noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Uzbek
2 entries- anarxiya noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
- hokimiyatsizlik noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Vietnamese
1 entries- vô chính phủ noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Yiddish
1 entries- אַנאַרכיע noun (absence of any form of political authority or government)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
While the civil war went on, the country was in a state of anarchy.
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They needed a new government to control the anarchy.
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Anarchy can happen during wartime.
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