lawlessness
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government)
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Sense 2 noun
illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law
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- illegality hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | anarchist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | anarchic |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lawless |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | governing |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disorder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nihilism |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | outlaw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | outlawa |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | illegality |