Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Properly, one who advocates anarchy or the absence of government as a political ideal; a believer in an anarchic theory of society; especially, an adherent of the social theory of Proudhon. See
anarchy , 2. - noun In popular use, one who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms and institutions of society and government, all law and order, and all rights of property, with no purpose of establishing any other system of order in the place of that destroyed; especially, such a person when actuated by mere lust of plunder.
- noun Any person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against an established rule, law, or custom. See
anarch and nihilist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
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- noun One who believes in or advocates the absence of
hierarchy andauthority in most forms (compareanarchism ), especially one who works toward the realization of such. - noun One who disregards
laws and socialnorms as a form ofrebellion againstauthority . - noun By extension from previous sense, one who
promotes chaos andlawlessness ; anihilist . - noun One who resents outside control or influence on his or her life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.
- adjective Relating to
anarchism or to anarchists.
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- noun an advocate of anarchism
Etymologies
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Examples
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Tucker was famously strict in applying the term anarchist — he argued that professedly anti-statist communists such as Johann Most or the Haymarket martyrs were not in fact anarchists, but only governmentalists of a different stripe who had illegitimately appropriated the term from the proponents of individual property and free markets.
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Tucker was famously strict in applying the term anarchist — he argued that professedly anti-statist communists such as Johann Most or the Haymarket martyrs were not in fact anarchists, but only governmentalists of a different stripe who had illegitimately appropriated the term from the proponents of individual property and free markets.
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Deborah Orr has mistakenely udes the word 'anarchist' as a synonym for 'criminal' which is accepted without question these days , yet is so ignorant, wrong and mistaken.
The Guardian World News Deborah Orr 2011
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I remember being shocked by her transformation from rich sheltered white girl to gun-totin 'anarchist (despite the fact it was clear in many of the surveillance tapes from banks and the like that she was as much a victim as the bank tellers).
Patty vs. Tania 2008
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As the title states, Emma Goldman, famous feminist anarchist, is the focus of the collection.
Archive 2006-05-01 2006
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As the title states, Emma Goldman, famous feminist anarchist, is the focus of the collection.
Creating, Managing & Pres. Dig. Assets: Emma Goldman Papers 2006
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[Anyone planning to use the Anarchist Cookbook should note that the title does not specify which end of the cooking process the anarchist is on.]
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He has been called an anarchist, a socialist, a nationalist, a proto-fascist, an anti-Semite, a conman, a self-centered egotist, an animal rights advocate, a vegetarian, and a wife-stealing womanizer.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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He has been called an anarchist, a socialist, a nationalist, a proto-fascist, an anti-Semite, a conman, a self-centered egotist, an animal rights advocate, a vegetarian, and a wife-stealing womanizer.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
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He has been called an anarchist, a socialist, a nationalist, a proto-fascist, an anti-Semite, a conman, a self-centered egotist, an animal rights advocate, a vegetarian, and a wife-stealing womanizer.
The Pawprints of History STANLEY COREN 2002
bilby commented on the word anarchist
Rhymes with antichrist.
November 23, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word anarchist
Song quotation on mould.
December 2, 2008