Definitions
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anarchic
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- adjective
Anarchic
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- adjective without law or control
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Examples
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If pluralism is a balance, the rise of binary oppositions upsets the balance in either an "anarchical" (in the bad sense) or tyrannical direction.
Freedom Democrats - Online Community for Libertarian Democrats 2010
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See Stella70 above before making any claims that secularist ideas promote anarchical moral nihilism.
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In contrast, as I was watching this deep dive into self-referential reporting in Tripoli, I thought about Bill Gentile, the steely Newsweek photographer I knew in El Salvador, captured in Peru by the Shining Path, the bloodiest and most savage and anarchical guerilla group in the history of Latin America.
Phil Bronstein: Should Journalists Get Out of the News? Phil Bronstein 2011
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Hesher (Director: Spencer Susser; Screenwriters: Spencer Susser and David Michod; Story by Brian Charles Frank) — A mysterious, anarchical trickster descends on the lives of a family struggling to deal with a painful loss.
Sundance 2010 Competition Lineup Arrives, And Here Are Some Highlights » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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In contrast, as I was watching this deep dive into self-referential reporting in Tripoli, I thought about Bill Gentile, the steely Newsweek photographer I knew in El Salvador, captured in Peru by the Shining Path, the bloodiest and most savage and anarchical guerilla group in the history of Latin America.
Phil Bronstein: Should Journalists Get Out of the News? Phil Bronstein 2011
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And it certainly has a big budget, slickly produced theatrical feel to it, not the rough-around-the-edges rebellious almost anarchical spirit of some productions past.
Charles Karel Bouley: Hair Is Still Groovy After All These Years Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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"Against police guidance, some individuals forced the security cordon in an anarchical way, insulting passers-by and police officers and saying they wanted to the head to the palace," the police said in a statement quoted by Angolan state news agency Angop.
Several injured in Angola anti-government rally: report Reuters 2011
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And it certainly has a big budget, slickly produced theatrical feel to it, not the rough-around-the-edges rebellious almost anarchical spirit of some productions past.
Charles Karel Bouley: Hair Is Still Groovy After All These Years Charles Karel Bouley 2011
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"Against police guidance, some individuals forced the security cordon in an anarchical way, insulting passers-by and police officers and saying they wanted to the head to the palace," the police said in a statement quoted by Angolan state news agency Angop.
Several injured in Angola anti-government rally: report Reuters 2011
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It does possibly create a more anarchical and unethical world.
Power in the Numbers 2010
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