单词 | anarchic |
释义 | anarchicadj. 1. a. Of, relating to, or characterized by social or political disorder that results from the absence or disregard of government or the rule of law; (more generally) lacking order or control; chaotic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > tending to or involving anarchy > without supreme government anarchical1646 anarchic1656 anarchal1786 liberal-anarchic1933 society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > relating to anarchy without disorder anarchic1850 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Anarchique [1661 Anarchic], belonging to Anarchy, without rule or government. 1751 J. Shebbeare Lett. on Eng. Nation I. iii. 22 They now defend the royal house on the throne..and can only preserve the kingdom from the anarchic state which threatens it. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets viii. 17 The whole world risen into anarchic mutiny. 1869 J. R. Seeley Lect. & Ess. iv. 118 Culture itself has become anarchic. 1927 Times 11 Oct. 15/3 This plan proved impracticable in the anarchic conditions of Russian autocratic rule. 2006 Daily Tel. 20 June 18/1 In two years of driving around the anarchic streets of New Delhi, I have never received a single ‘challan’—or ticket. b. Esp. with reference to the creative arts or comedy: not conforming to prevailing rules or conventions; unrestrained, extravagant, wild. ΚΠ 1901 W. M. Reedy Nest of Singing Birds in Mirror Pamphlets Mar. 11 Henley..is very much imbued with the anarchic style of our own Walt Whitman. 1972 Times 20 Oct. 11/7 Monty Python is still the most original and anarchic comedy show to be seen currently on television. 2010 S. Fry Fry Chrons. 239 Surreality and anarchic weirdness were out too. 2. That advocates or promotes the political philosophy of anarchism (anarchism n. 2); organized according to anarchism. ΚΠ 1887 Liberty 23 Apr. 4/3 (heading) Then ‘the greatest happiness of each compatible with the equal liberty of all’..was shown to apply equally well to a Socialistic State, an Anarchic State, or any intermediate form. 1964 New Society 13 Feb. 17/2 The progressive schools have been liberal-anarchic, the product of free enterprise in unorthodox educational ideas. 2012 Current Anthropol. 53 549/2 Anarchic societies are not ungoverned societies but rather self-governed societies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1656 |
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