anarch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anarch
First recorded in 1880–85; back formation from anarchy
Example Sentences
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Considering the anarch I must have been, I marvel at their toleration.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin
Having been taught by Shelley, she threw herself upon his protection; and this unbalanced couple were presently married, as they said, "in deference to anarch custom."
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by Long, William Joseph
Then there is an antagonistic power that rises up to confront the widespread dominion of this anarch of old.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander
Ibsen is the type of the philosophical anarch, the believer in man's individuality, in the state for the individual, not the individual for the state.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
But the tricksy god of irony has decreed that, if he lasts long enough, every anarch will end as a conservative, upon which consoling epigram let us pause.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
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