All anarchy synonyms

noun anarchy

• turmoil — a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance; tumult; agitation; disquiet: mental turmoil caused by difficult decisions.
• riot — a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons, as by a crowd protesting against another group, a government policy, etc., in the streets.
• confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
• hostility — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
• chaos — Chaos is a state of complete disorder and confusion.
• rebellion — open, organized, and armed resistance to one's government or ruler.
• unrest — lack of rest; a restless, troubled, or uneasy state; disquiet: the unrest within himself.
• nihilism — total rejection of established laws and institutions.
• disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
• disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
• misrule — bad or unwise rule; misgovernment.
• revolution — an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.
• disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
• reign of terror — a period of the French Revolution, from about March, 1793, to July, 1794, during which many persons were ruthlessly executed by the ruling faction.
• mob rule — the fact or state of large groups of people acting without the consent of the government, authorities, etc
• government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
• lawlessness — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
• anarchism — Anarchism is the belief that the laws and power of governments should be replaced by people working together freely.
• mayhem — Law. the crime of willfully inflicting a bodily injury on another so as to make the victim less capable of self-defense or, under modern statutes, so as to cripple or mutilate the victim.
• mobocracy — political control by a mob.
• ochlocracy — government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.