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One civilization is authoritarian, which claims to rule in the name of the people; the other is an anarchistic society in which everyone looks out for one another.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

Nearly 59% of voters in North Norfolk chose to leave the EU, but the film hears how Sophie Duniam and her sister Polly were "too anarchistic" to partake.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

Despite his anarchistic impulses, Wojnarowicz was a methodical worker, a planner.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2018

The mood at the time was anarchistic, nihilistic, political, very serious.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2017

It is far more realistic than the conception of a world peace based upon a sudden conversion of the nations to the iniquity of war, which is at bottom an anarchistic conception.

From American World Policies by Weyl, Walter E.