| Main Entry: | reign of terror |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period of suppression |
Synonyms: |
French Revolution, brutal suppression, mob rule, terrorism |
| Main Entry: | anarchy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawlessness; absence of government |
Synonyms: |
chaos, confusion, disorder, disorganization, disregard, hostility, misrule, mob rule, nihilism, nongovernment, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, turmoil, unrest |
Antonyms: |
lawfulness, order, rule |
| Main Entry: | dictatorship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | absolute rule |
Synonyms: |
Nazism, authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, despotism, fascism, garrison state, reign of terror, totalitarianism, tyranny, unlimited rule |
Antonyms: |
democracy |
| Main Entry: | disorder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social commotion; mental confusion |
Synonyms: |
agitation, anarchism, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, complication, convulsion, discombobulation, discord, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, lawlessness, mayhem, misrule, mob rule, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, rioting, ruckus, rumpus, static, strike, terrorism, tizzy, trouble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uproar |
Antonyms: |
health |
| Main Entry: | purge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elimination, removal |
Synonyms: |
abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation, murder, purification, reign of terror, suppression, witch hunt |
Antonyms: |
holding, keeping, maintenance |
| Main Entry: | tyranny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dictatorship |
Synonyms: |
absolutism, authoritarianism, autocracy, coercion, cruelty, despotism, domination, fascism, high-handedness, imperiousness, monocracy, oligarchy, oppression, peremptoriness, reign of terror, severity, terrorism, totalitarianism, totality, unreasonableness |
Antonyms: |
democracy |
| Main Entry: | lynch law |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | punishment by hanging without due process |
Synonyms: |
criminal syndicalism, gang rule, kangaroo court, mob law, mob rule, mobocracy, ochlocracy, reign of terror, syndicalism |
| Main Entry: | scare tactics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | methods used to scare |
Synonyms: |
ambush, arm-twisting, bullying, coercion, duress, force, intimidation, persuasion, pressure, reign of terror, strong-arm tactics, terrorism, terrorization, threat |
| Main Entry: | topsy-turviness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
Synonyms: |
agitation, anarchism, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, clutter, complication, confusedness, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, discombobulation, discord, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, jumble, lawlessness, mayhem, mess*, misrule, mix-up, mob rule, muddle, muss, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, rioting, ruckus*, rumpus, scramble, static*, strike, terrorism, tizzy, trouble, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uproar |
| Main Entry: | anarchy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
Adjectives: |
anarchic, anarchical, anarchistic, communistic, insubordinate, nihilistic, ungovernable, unruly
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