anarchotyranny

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A form of anarcho-tyranny — A system of government that fails to enforce or adjudicate protection to its citizens while simultaneously persecuting innocent conduct.

OriginEnglish tyranny ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (ănărkhĭ́ā) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? →
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Meanings

nounanarchotyranny (countable and uncountable, plural anarchotyrannies)

plural anarchotyrannies

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of anarcho-tyranny.

    One thing that many of them didn’t recognise until this started, however, is the widely spread regimen of anarchotyranny that accompanies, and will continue to accompany, the response on the parts of the elites in power to these riots.

    2020 June 2, Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus, “The Ascendancy of Anarchotyranny”, in The Neo-Ciceronian Times, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2022

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  7. Ancient Greekἄρχω (árkhō)
  8. Ancient Greekἀρχή (arkhḗ)
  9. Ancient Greekἄναρχος (ánarkhos)
  10. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (ănărkhĭ́ā)
  11. Englishanarcho-
  12. Englishtyranny
  13. Englishanarchotyranny

From anarcho- + tyranny.

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anarchotyranny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anarchotyranny

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“anarchotyranny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anarchotyranny. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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