anarchic
/əˈnɑɹ.kɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.55 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Relating to, supporting, or likely to cause anarchy.
Example Sentences
- "Distinctions must be drawn here: love is anarchic, marriage is not."
- "The first of these is the potential for Central and Eastern Europe to become a region of unfettered and anarchic free market capitalism."
- "The Uganda Police Force described the planned protests as “potentially anarchic” in a statement on Monday, warning it “shall not tolerate disorderly conduct.”"
- "Lying is just another word for language at its most anarchic, free from any allegiance, or debt, to things as they are."
- "Frazer comments on this tendency of his text not only directly, in the preface already quoted, but also indirectly, by taking as one of his principal themes various saturnalian festivals that, in their glorification of "general license, during which the ordinary restraints of society are thrown aside" (ibid., p. 666), in effect bring the principle of free play to its supreme, virtually anarchic expression."
- "Wharton's anarchic celebration of a particular, “ illegitimate," passionate motherhood allows her to launch a devastating critique of "legitimate" family life within marriage and to reveal the centrality of female, sexual desire to her tales and the lives of her characters."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἄναρχος (ánarkhos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (ănărkhĭ́ā)der. New Latin anarchiader. English anarchy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anarchic From anarchy + -ic.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈnɑɹ.kɪk/
- British English: /əˈnɑː.kɪk/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more anarchic (comparative)
most anarchic (superlative)