Anarchy vs. Monarchy

Anarchy vs. Monarchy — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Anarchy and Monarchy

Anarchynoun

(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.

Monarchynoun

A government in which sovereignty is embodied within a single, today usually hereditary head of state (whether as a figurehead or as a powerful ruler).

Anarchynoun

(uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.

Monarchynoun

The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.

Anarchynoun

(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.

Monarchynoun

A form of government where sovereignty is embodied by a single ruler in a state and his high aristocracy representing their separate divided lands within the state and their low aristocracy representing their separate divided fiefs.

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Anarchynoun

Confusion in general; disorder.

Monarchynoun

an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

Anarchynoun

a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)