noun
1.
absence of effective government or the resulting social disorder
complete anarchy followed the breakdown of communications
Synonyms: chaos, lawlessness, mobocracy, ochlocracy
Related Word: confusion, disorder, disorganization
Idioms: mob rule ( or law), reign of terror
2.
Synonyms: anarchism
3.
Synonyms: disorder 2, anarchism, distemper, misrule, riot