cyberanarchy

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noun

An anarchic state or condition on computer networks.

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Meanings

nouncyberanarchy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn anarchic state or condition on computer networks.

    […] he is aiming not so much for cyberseparatism as cyberanarchy.

    2004, Helen Fay Nissenbaum, Monroe Edwin Price, Academy and the Internet, page 232
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    If we want to avoid a cyberanarchy, we need a cyberorder to emerge, and emerge quickly.

    1998, John Kerry, The New War: The Web of Crime That Threatens America's Security

    The stress on cyberanarchy disguises the non-democratic features of my dream.

    2002, Toshiyuki Konō, Christoph Paulus, Harry Rajak, Selected legal issues of e-commerce, page 12

Origin

From cyber- + anarchy.

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APA

cyberanarchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberanarchy

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“cyberanarchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberanarchy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cyberanarchy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cyberanarchy.

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