Word: anarchism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: an
ar
chism
Definition: a political and philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and that society could function without a ruler or involuntary government (a state).
Morphemes:
Affix: anarchy
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ἀ-
Language: grc
Decoded: a-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The alpha privativum, used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. It is also known as privative a and alpha privative.
Affix: ἄρχω
Language: grc
Decoded: arkho
Meaning: to begin
Affix: -η
Language: grc
Decoded: -e
Meaning: zero grade
Affix: -ος
Language: grc
Decoded: -os
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to verbal roots to form a noun of result or an abstract noun of action.
Affix: -ῐ́ᾱ
Language: grc
Decoded: -ia
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to stems of adjectives, rarely to the stems of verbs, and even more rarely to the stems of nouns, to form feminine abstract nouns
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form names of a tendency of behaviour, action, state, condition or opinion belonging to a class or group of persons, or the result of a doctrine, ideology or principle or lack thereof.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.