anarchist
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.
a person who promotes disorder or excites revolt against any established rule, law, or custom.
Origin of anarchist
1Other words from anarchist
- 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
- un·an·ar·chis·tic, adjective
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How to use anarchist in a sentence
The other was tagged with an A in a circle, an anarchist symbol.
Documents Reveal Cops Chasing Absurd Antifa and BLM Tips | Kelly Weill | April 23, 2021 | The Daily BeastFirst, there’s a group of anarchists who thrived in the chaos of the post-Snap years and want to return to that state of the world.
Everything You Need to Know About The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Eliana Dockterman | March 19, 2021 | TimePlaying a young anarchist, Page had a chance to cut his hair again.
The same way I didn’t get how the anarchists who were coming there claiming to be Trumpettes and love the police then fought the police.
As the riot at the U.S. Capitol unfolded, one man felt uniquely betrayed | Petula Dvorak | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostOne problem in their investigation, however, is that many of the would-be anarchists are erasing themselves online, according to Army veteran Jeff Bardin of private intelligence firm Treadstone 71.
Security Officials Face the Possibility of a Threat from the Inside on Inauguration Day | Kimberly Dozier | January 14, 2021 | Time
The group seems to blend “black bloc” anarchist street violence with social-media campaigns.
This is an inverse Pietà, and something of a sexual anarchist; she ardently refuses to be oriented in an orientation.
Police sources informed Reforma that both action are considered “high risk” and ripe for “anarchist infiltration.”
Mexican Protesters Look to Start a New Revolution | Jason McGahan | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the bands that I was initially attracted to in punk rock were anarchist punk bands.
The senator from Texas and the anarchist busker from New York City have a lot more in common than you might expect.
Ted Cruz and the Times Square Anarchist Puppeteer | Dean Obeidallah | April 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSo congress has excluded not only diseased, criminal, pauper and anarchist immigrants, but also contract and Chinese laborers.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesThis first act of voluntary anarchist sacrifice will make the workingmen think deeply.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanSuch a development of affairs would have greatly advanced the anarchist propaganda.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanIn the first place, I am an anarchist: I do not believe in man-made law, designed to enslave and oppress humanity.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanStrikes and labour riots now and then break out, and the Spanish anarchist is not unknown.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
British Dictionary definitions for anarchist
/ (ˈænəkɪst) /
a person who advocates the abolition of government and a social system based on voluntary cooperation
a person who causes disorder or upheaval
Derived forms of anarchist
- anarchistic, adjective
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