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acephaly

nounfemininetechnicalrare/ɐsɨfɐˈliɐ/a·ce·fa·li·a

Definition

The state or condition of being headless; absence of a head or leading authority.

“The king's death caused a period of acephaly in the kingdom.”

“The party's acephaly made it ungovernable.”

period of acephalypolitical acephaly