anarchic
adjective
an·ar·chic
a-ˈnär-kik 
ə-
variants
or less commonly anarchical
1
a
: of, relating to, or advocating anarchy
b
: likely to bring about anarchy
anarchic violence
2
: lacking order, regularity, or definiteness
anarchic art forms
Examples of anarchic in a Sentence
the citywide blackouts caused anarchic looting and rioting
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Deutsch argued that the countries of the North Atlantic region offered the most advanced form of this effort to dampen and even eliminate the anarchic causes of war.
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Karl Polanyi, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
And compounding all this is a breakdown of public order among this starving and desperate population, with anarchic fights over food turning deadly.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Based in Barcelona, and descending from both Catalan and Italian roots, the duo stumbles into an anarchic industrial wilderness on Toda la Verdad Sobre Dame Area, a departure from its more melodic predecessor that nonetheless promises a nightmarishly good time.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
But the claims in some media that Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2024
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Karl Polanyi, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
And compounding all this is a breakdown of public order among this starving and desperate population, with anarchic fights over food turning deadly.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Based in Barcelona, and descending from both Catalan and Italian roots, the duo stumbles into an anarchic industrial wilderness on Toda la Verdad Sobre Dame Area, a departure from its more melodic predecessor that nonetheless promises a nightmarishly good time.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2024
But the claims in some media that Telegram is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue.
—Sean Hollister, The Verge, 6 Sep. 2024
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