different between anarchy vs mutiny

English

Etymology

From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (anarkhía).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.ki/
• (US) enPR: ?n?är-k?, IPA^(key): /?æn.??.ki/

Noun

anarchy (countable and uncountable, plural anarchies)

1. (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
2. (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.
3. (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
4. Confusion in general; disorder.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:disorder

Antonyms

• (all senses): nonanarchy (rare)
• (disorder): order

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French mutiner

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mju.t?.ni/, /?mjut.ni/ (syncope)
• enPR: myo?o?t?-n?, myo?ot?n?

Noun

mutiny (countable and uncountable, plural mutinies)

1. An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife.

Related terms

• mutineer
• mutinous

Translations

Verb

mutiny (third-person singular simple present mutinies, present participle mutinying, simple past and past participle mutinied)

1. (intransitive) To commit mutiny.

   The crew of the Bounty mutinied because of the harsh discipline of Captain Bligh.

Translations

Further reading

• Mutiny on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mutiny in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• munity