Anarchist Definition

anərkist, anärkist
anarchists
noun
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A person who believes in or advocates anarchism.
Webster's New World
A person who promotes anarchy, as by flouting or ignoring rules, duties, or accepted standards of conduct.
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One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.

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One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.

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(By extension from previous sense), one who promotes chaos and lawlessness; a nihilist.

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adjective
(somewhat rare) Relating to anarchism or to anarchists.
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Other Word Forms of Anarchist

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anarchist
Plural:
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Origin of Anarchist

  • From French anarchiste, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhia) from the roots ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἀρχή (arkhe, “rule”).

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Anarchist Sentence Examples

  • In July 1900 he was assassinated by an anarchist at Monza.

  • Oii the 2nd of August an anarchist made an attempt upon the shahs life in Paris.

  • This was the chief of their "anarchist doctrines."

  • Carnot seemed to be arriving at the zenith of popularity, when on the 24th of June 1894, after delivering at a public banquet at Lyons a speech in which he appeared to imply that he nevertheless would not seek re-election, he was stabbed by an Italian anarchist named Caserio and expired almost immediately.

  • Canovas did not live to see his scheme put into practice, as he was assassinated by an anarchist at the baths of Santa Agueda, in the Basque Provinces, on the 9th of August 1897.

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