anarchic

[ an-ahr-kik ]

adjective

1. of, like, or tending to anarchy.
2. advocating anarchy.
3. not regulated by law; lawless:

   Anarchic bands pillaged the countryside.

Other Words From

• an·archi·cal·ly adverb
• hyper·an·archic adjective
• nonan·archic adjective
• nonan·archi·cal adjective
• nonan·archi·cal·ly adverb
• proan·archic adjective
• unan·archic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of anarchic¹

First recorded in 1780–90; either from French anarchique or anarch(y) + -ic

Example Sentences

This results in a “freer” or “more anarchic and less organized” kind of brain activity, according to neuroscientist Mendel Kaelen, the founder and CEO of Wavepaths, an app that creates music for psychedelic therapy.

From The Daily Beast

She coined a term for herself, that she was an “anarchic humanist.”

From Freakonomics

The assemblage didn’t make a whole lot of visual sense, but it had a kind of anarchic beauty to it.

From MIT Technology Review

It all unfolded in anarchic, disorganized fashion because 2001’s Internet was a wild place.

From Washington Post

Travelers who feel particularly anarchic can ride a bike, as I did, and explore the main road for as long as they like.

From Outside Online

They also have a truly American love for freedom, even anarchic freedom.

From The Daily Beast

Yet it is these very anarchic groups that the Second Amendment was incorporated to subdue.

From The Daily Beast

The universe is anarchic and doesn't care about us and unfortunately, there's no greater rhyme or reason as to why it would be me.

From The Daily Beast

The India Kapur reveals at times seems anarchic, lawless in some ways.

From The Daily Beast

He sees, in the anarchic Wall Street encampment, a sign of a grassroots revolt against austerity economics.

From The Daily Beast

It was supposed to be democratic, but it sometimes bordered on the anarchic.

From Project Gutenberg

Everywhere the usual anarchic quarrels rose among the rebels, and the country was plundered mercilessly.

From Project Gutenberg

Discipline yourselves, wisely, in all kinds; more and more, till there be no anarchic fibre left in you.

From Project Gutenberg

The old and anarchic system of Dublin Castle seems to be definitely doomed.

From Project Gutenberg

He prefers to use the epithet "anarchic" to designate political liberalism, which he combats.

From Project Gutenberg

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