What is the etymology of anarchy?
How did the word “anarchy” mean without leader rather than “no rules”. Consequently, it would seem that “anarchy” has roots in “an-“. Would somebody be wholly correct?
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Medieval Latin anarchia, from Greek, from anarchos having no ruler, from an- + archos ruler First Known Use: 1539
From: http://www.merriam-webster.com/www.medieval-latin.html com/dictionary/anarchy/paradigms/.
Technically, you are correct, but it is the implications that are important. Does no-one make rules or is it a myth? If I refuse to accept that anyone has a right to force any rules on me, I am free to do what I like, and what I want.
As with other similar words, the precise meaning has been expanded to include the implications of the meaning, which is reasonable, as it them becomes a shortcut for “the results of an anarchic system”
Consider the term democracy which technically means the rule of the people but has been expanded to mean the election of rulers. What is the outworking of a practical system of democracy?
What does that actually mean?
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