anarchic
pronunciation
How to pronounce anarchic in British English:
UK [ə'nɑ:kɪk]
How to pronounce anarchic in American English:
US [ænˈɑrkɪk]
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- Adjective:
- without law or control
Word Origin
- anarchic (adj.)
- 1755, "chaotic, without order or rule," from Greek anarkhos "without head or chief" (see anarchy) + -ic. Differentiated from anarchistic (1845) which tends to refer to the political philosophy of anarchism. An older word in this sense was anarchical (1590s). Anarchial is from 1710; Landor used anarchal (1824).
Synonym
Example
- 1. But as everybody now knows , it was fit only for fair-weather sailing , with an anarchic crew and no lifeboat .
- 2. Could not this very socratic way be a sign of collapse , exhaustion , sickness , and the dissolution of the anarchic instinct ?
- 3. If the west is unable to help restore order in an anarchic situation , other forces will emerge whether it is jihadists in mali or a resurgent taliban in afghanistan .
- 4. The fact that mr bush met mr maliki in jordan 's capital rather than in baghdad highlights how anarchic iraq has become .
- 5. But over time , the contradictions between anarchic opportunism and state direction , both vital to china 's rise , will surely result in greater friction .