anarchist
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ər noun
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.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who advocates the abolition of government and a social system based on voluntary cooperation |
| 2. | a person who causes disorder or upheaval |
| anar'chistic | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
anarchist
1670s, see anarchy. The word got a boost into modernity from the French Revolution.
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Example sentences from the web
Many newspapers, meanwhile, declared the anarchist movement responsible for the murder.
She had returned to anarchist activism, but it was taking its toll on her.
The diversion was successful in drawing troops from the anarchist attack.
On occasions he described himself as a philosophical anarchist.
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