anarchy

noun4

1. •
   The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.

   • Oui, l’anarchie c’est l'ordre; car, le gouvernement c’est la guerre civile. — 2002
2. •
   Confusion in general; disorder.

   • It was total anarchy in the clothes shop on Black Friday as soon as they opened the doors.
3. •
   A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.

   • And each dweller, panic-stricken, Felt his heart with terror sicken Hearing the tempestuous cry Of the triumph of Anarchy. — 1819
4. •
   (rare) The political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.