Usually means: Lack of a head or leader.
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▸ noun:  The congenital lack of a head.

Similar:
acephaly, acephalia, anencephalus, acephalist, anencephaly, headlessness, aprosopia, akinesis, beaklessness, caplessness, more...

Opposite:
cephalism, centralization, hierarchy

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Similar:
acephaly, acephalia, anencephalus, acephalist, anencephaly, headlessness, aprosopia, akinesis, beaklessness, caplessness, more...

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cephalism, centralization, hierarchy



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