English Explanatory Dictionary

anarcho-tyranny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A system of government that fails to enforce or adjudicate protection to its citizens while simultaneously persecuting innocent conduct.
  2. An armed dictatorship without rule of law.

Word forms

anarcho-tyranny anarcho-tyrannies anarchotyranny

Etymology

From anarcho- + tyranny. Coined by American journalist and writer Samuel T. Francis in 1992.

Related words

anarchotyrannical anarchotyrant
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