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noun
The individual's right to choose any form of government without being forced to move from their current locale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Dynamic symmetry across multiple scales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, systems-theory
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noun
An inclusive, multilateral system in which all parties may participate meaningfully.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: political-science, social-sciences
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noun
Rule by all; a system of governance in which each person has absolute power.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
Topics: anarchism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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noun
Rule of all; absolute or total rule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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noun
An all-encompassing realm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, poetic, rare, uncountable
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History
From pan- + -archy. Coined independently in many different contexts.
