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ANARCHISTIC

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an⋅ar⋅chist

  [an-er-kist]
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–noun
1. a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
2. a person who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms and institutions of society and government, with no purpose of establishing any other system of order in the place of that destroyed.
3. a person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against any established rule, law, or custom.
Origin:
1670–80; anarch(y) + -ist

Related forms:
an⋅ar⋅chis⋅tic, adjective
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an·ar·chism   (ān'ər-kĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive and undesirable and should be abolished.

  2. Active resistance and terrorism against the state, as used by some anarchists.

  3. Rejection of all forms of coercive control and authority: "He was inclined to anarchism; he hated system and organization and uniformity" (Bertrand Russell).

an'ar·chis'tic (-kĭs'tĭk) adj.
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