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  • 121insurgent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. rebellious, insubordinate, mutinous, in revolt, uprising. n. rebel, insubordinate, mutineer, revolutionary, insurrectionist. See revolution, disobedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insurrectionary …

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  • 122lawless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. disorderly, unruly, insubordinate, mutinous. See illegality, disobedience. Ant., lawful, law abiding. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without law] Syn. wild, untamed, uncivilized, savage, native,… …

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  • 123lax — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. loose, flaccid, limp, slack; remiss, careless, weak; relaxed, lawless, chaotic, disorderly; unbridled; anarchical, unauthorized. See lateness, softness, neglect, impurity.Ant., strict, tense. II… …

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  • 124Disorder — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence, or want of Order, &c. < N PARAG:Disorder >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disorder disorder Sgm: N 1 derangement derangement &c. 61 Sgm: N 1 irregularity irregularity Sgm: N 1 anomaly anomaly &c.(unconformity) 83 Sgm …

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  • 125anarchic — (adj.) 1755, chaotic, without order or rule, from Gk. anarkhos without head or chief (see ANARCHY (Cf. anarchy)) + IC (Cf. ic). Differentiated from anarchistic (1845) which tends to refer to the political philosophy of anarchism. An older word in …

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  • 126lawless — law·less || lɔːlɪs adj. not conforming to the law, illegal; anarchical, not ruled by the law; unrestrained, unruly …

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  • 127ronin —    (ROH nin) [Japanese] A samurai warrior who no longer has a master.    choosing instead an anarchical and ronin like life of ephemeral alliances that live and die within a single evening’s session Time, April 9, 1997 …

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  • 128anarchic — adjective with no controlling rules or principles to give order. Derivatives anarchical adjective anarchically adverb …

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