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anarchic adjective

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Definition

not showing respect for official or accepted rules, patterns of behaviour, institutions, leaders, etc.
Milligan's anarchic humour has always had the power to offend as well as entertain.
without organization or control, especially describing a society with no government or a very weak government
relating to or encouraging anarchy

(Definition of anarchic adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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