The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ANARCHISM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ANARCHISM
- A rich man’s moved by anti-government argument
- Order lacking here, church is cutting 50% from extortionate cost?
- Bakunin advocated it in March as revolutionary
- An old word, failing to capture a disorder
- Opposition to government elaborated in a march around Sunday
- The uncertain chairman’s lack of control
- Disorder as in march going out of step
- Resistance to government characters in Greece found in one branch
- Chairman’s mistaken antigovernment credo
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The straight part
We know that "Order lacking here" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case order lacking here = anarchism.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ANARCHISM mean?
ANARCHISM noun- The belief that proposes the absence and abolition of hierarchy and authority in most forms.