anarchy vs free-for-all

anarchy

noun
  • A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government. 

  • The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body. 

  • Confusion in general; disorder. 

  • 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. 

free-for-all

noun
  • Chaos; a chaotic situation lacking rules or control. 

  • Deathmatch, sometimes specifically one in which every player is pitted against all the others. 

adj
  • Open to anyone and with no or few rules. 

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