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Definition of anarchy : 1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion.
2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general.

Synonyms:

rebellion, order, insubordination, revolt, revolution, mutiny, peace, outlawry, misrule, riot, sedition, insurrection

disorder, laxity, disorganization, derangement, entropy, messiness, indistinctness, muddlement, turmoil, looseness, inchoateness, disintegration, irregularity, disarray, confusion, discomposure, mess, incoherence, indefiniteness, inexactness, insanity, shapelessness, commotion, frenzy, disorderliness, dishevel, lawlessness, chaos, amorphousness, anarchism, fuzziness, clutter, unevenness, perturbation, tumult, inconsistency, disconnectedness, formlessness, deformity, obscurity, disarrangement

nihilism, license, slackness, toleration, laxness, mob rule, freedom, free rein

Usage examples:

• If you went down, the opposition to the cattle- men would collapse, or there would be general anarchy, and that is precisely why Torrance and the Sheriff are anxious to get their hands on you. - "The Cattle-Baron's Daughter", Harold Bindloss.
• We wish to right a wrong, to remedy an abuse, to save our state from anarchy and our race from humiliation. - "The Marrow of Tradition", Charles W. Chesnutt.
• Here, as almost everywhere else, truth is the result of self- government, whether arising from choice, under municipal institutions, or necessity, under despotism and anarchy; self- government produces self- esteem and pride of character. - "Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official", William Sleeman.