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anarchy
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n. total absence of rule or government; confusion; disorder
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autarchy
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n. rule by an absolute sovereign
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hierarchy
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n. body of rulers or officials grouped in ranks, each being subordinate to the rank above it; pecking order
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matriarchy
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n. form of social organization in which the mother rules the family or tribe, descent being traced through the mother
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monarchy
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n. state ruled over by a single person, as a king or a queen
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oligarchy
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n. form of government in which a few people have the power
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patriarrchy
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n. form of social organization in which the father rules the family or tribe, descent being traced through the father
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