Bakunin

[ buh-koo-nyin ]

/ bʌˈku nyɪn /

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noun

Mi·kha·il A·le·ksan·dro·vich

[myi-khuh-yeel uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich], /myɪ xʌˈyil ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/, 1814–76, Russian anarchist and writer.

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How to use Bakunin in a sentence

Bakunin wrote a number of works of a philosophical and political nature.
Anarchism|Paul Eltzbacher
Bakunin designates his teaching about law, the State, and property as "Anarchism."
Anarchism|Paul Eltzbacher
Writings which cannot with certainty be assigned to Bakunin are here disregarded.
Anarchism|Paul Eltzbacher
According to Bakunin and Kropotkin, in future only unenacted law will exist.
Anarchism|Paul Eltzbacher

Bakunin was more in unison with the troubled spirit of the times.
Contemporary Socialism|John Rae

British Dictionary definitions for Bakunin

Bakunin

/ (Russian baˈkunin) /

noun

Mikhail (mixaˈil). 1814–76, Russian anarchist and writer: a prominent member of the First International, expelled from it after conflicts with Marx

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