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| Main Entry: | lawlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | anarchy |
| Synonyms: | chaos, confusion, disorder, irresponsibility, terrorism |
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| Main Entry: | lawlessness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
actionable, arbitrary, contraband, despotic, despotical, exlegal, exlex, extrajudicial, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, informal, infract, injudicial, irresponsible, lawless, not allowed, nothous, null and void, prohibited, spurious, summary, unaccountable, unallowed, unanswerable, unauthorized, unchartered, unconstitutional, undue, unlawful, unofficial, unsanctioned, unwarrantable, unwarranted, usurped, violating
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| Main Entry: | chaos |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | utter confusion |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, ataxia, bedlam, clutter, disarray, discord, disorder, disorganization, entropy, free-for-all*, holy mess, lawlessness, misrule, mix-up, mobocracy, muddle, pandemonium, rat's nest, snarl, topsy-turviness, tumult, turmoil, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | calm, harmony, normality, order, organization, quiet, system |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | offense against the law |
| Synonyms: | abomination, atrocity, breach, break, caper, case, corruption, delinquency, depravity, dereliction, enormity, evil, fault, felony, hit, infraction, infringement, iniquity, job, lawlessness, malfeasance, misconduct, misdeed, misdemeanor, mortal sin, outrage, racket, scandal, sneak, transgression, trespass, vice, villainy, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, antisocial behavior, criminality, delict, delictum, evil behavior, fast one, illegality, immorality, malefaction, tort, unlawful act |
| Notes: | crime is from Latin crimen 'judgment, accusation, offense' and a crime is an act in violation of a law; a misdemeanor is a less serious crime while a felony is a major crime |
| Antonyms: | good deed, kindness |
| Main Entry: | nihilism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refusal to believe |
| Synonyms: | abnegation, anarchy, atheism, denial, disbelief, disorder, lawlessness, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, skepticism, agnosticism, mob rule, nonbelief, terrorism |
| Antonyms: | belief, faith, obedience, optimism |
| Main Entry: | nonconformity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, behavior different from most |
| Synonyms: | breach, denial, disaffection, disagreement, disapproval, disobedience, dissent, eccentricity, exception, heresy, insubordination, lawlessness, negation, noncompliance, objection, opposition, originality, rejection, strangeness, veto, violation, bohemianism, contumaciousness, disapprobation, discordance, heterodoxy, iconoclasm, mutinousness, nonacceptance, nonagreement, nonconsent, recalcitrance, recusance, recusancy, transgressiveness, unconventionality, uniqueness, unorthodoxy, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | compliance, conformity, obedience, orthodoxy |
| Main Entry: | riot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uprising, disorder |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, brawl, burst, commotion, confusion, distemper, disturbance, flap, fray, free-for-all*, fuss, hassle, lawlessness, mix-up, protest, quarrel, racket, row, ruckus, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scene, shower, snarl, stir, storm, strife, to-do*, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, uproar, anarchism, brannigan*, misrule, mob violence, ruction, shivaree, street fighting, wingding |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disorder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social commotion; mental confusion |
| Synonyms: | agitation, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, complication, convulsion, discord, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, lawlessness, mayhem, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror*, revolution, riot, ruckus, rumpus, static, strike, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, uproar, anarchism, discombobulation, misrule, mob rule, rioting, terrorism, tizzy, unruliness |
| Antonyms: | health |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | license |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abandon, indulgence |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, arrogance, audacity, boldness, complacency, debauchery, disorder, effrontery, excess, forwardness, impropriety, lawlessness, laxity, relaxation, self-indulgence, temerity, animalism, gluttony, immoderation, irresponsibility, looseness, presumptuousness, prodigality, profligacy, refractoriness, relaxedness, sauciness, sensuality, slackness, unrestraint, unruliness, wantonness, wildness |
| Antonyms: | reason |
| Main Entry: | racket |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal activity |
| Synonyms: | cheating, con game, confidence game, conspiracy, corruption, crime, dirty pool*, dishonesty, dodge, extortion, fraud, game, graft, intrigue, lawlessness, lay, plot, push, scheme, shakedown, squeeze*, swindle, theft, trick, underworld, illegality, illicit scheme, swindling |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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