Reply #5: As with any abstract concept used copiously or liberally,

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Some agreement on definition and understanding its intent can facilitate discussion. We see it often used as a synonym for chaos. Of course, there are deeper and more scholarly dissertations on the history and present day applications of anarchism in relation to movements if people are interested. Since it does not refer only to a state of disorder, (depending on who defines order) its political ramifications are noteworthy, in this case.

Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchy

Anarchy (from Greek: ἀναρχίᾱ anarchíā, "without ruler") may refer to any of the following:

* "No rulership or enforced authority."<1>
* "A social state in which there is no governing person or group of people, but each individual has absolute liberty (without the implication of disorder)."<2>
* "Absence of government; a state of lawlessness due to the absence or inefficiency of the supreme power; political disorder."<3>
* "Absence or non-recognition of authority and order in any given sphere."<4>
* "Acting without waiting for instructions or official permission... The root of anarchism is the single impulse to do it yourself: everything else follows from this." <5>

Merriam Webster Dictionary:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anarchy

Definition of ANARCHY1

a : absence of government b : a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority c : a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government
2
a : absence or denial of any authority or established order b : absence of order : disorder <not manicured plots but a wild anarchy of nature — Israel Shenker>
3
: anarchism