anarchy
noun
[ ˈanəki ]
• a state of disorder due to absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems.
Similar:
lawlessness,
absence of government,
nihilism,
mobocracy,
revolution,
insurrection,
riot,
rebellion,
mutiny,
disorder,
disorganization,
misrule,
chaos,
tumult,
turmoil,
mayhem,
pandemonium,
• absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual, regarded as a political ideal.
Origin:
mid 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek anarkhia, from anarkhos, from an- ‘without’ + arkhos ‘chief, ruler’.