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anarchist

[an-er-kist] Example Sentences Origin

an·ar·chist

[an-er-kist]
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

an·ar·chis·tic, adjective
non·an·ar·chis·tic, adjective
pseu·do·an·ar·chis·tic, adjective
sem·i·an·ar·chist, noun
sem·i·an·ar·chis·tic, adjective
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un·an·ar·chis·tic, adjective
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Example Sentences
  • Chicago was a particular hub for anarchist organizations.
  • Abadie spent time with anarchist activists who are attracted to guinea-pigging because of the flexibility it offers.
  • As for those anarchist miscreants convicted of public order offences, their benefit ought to be stopped forthwith.
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anarchist (ˈænəkɪst)
 
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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