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Anarchy

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means a state of disorder due to absence of authority
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Stage 1 of 2
anarkhia
Greek · ancient
"absence of a ruler"
literally without a ruler
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Stage 2 of 2
anarchy
English · 1500s
"absence of government or order"
settled as the word for a society without government
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