Sinarquist

[ sin-ahr-kist, -kwist ]

noun

1. a member or advocate of an ultrareactionary, semifascist movement organized in Mexico about 1937.

Sinarquist

/ ˈsɪnɑːkɪst; -kwɪst /

noun

1. (in Mexico) a member of a fascist movement in the 1930s and 1940s having links with the Nazis and the Falangists: hostile towards the US, Communism, Jews, organized labour, etc

Derived Forms

• ˈSinarquism, noun

Other Words From

• Sinar·quism noun
• Sinar·quistic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sinarquist¹

First recorded in 1940–45 as sinarquista, from Latin American Spanish sinarquista, equivalent to Spanish sin (from Latin sine “without”) + (an)arquista anarchist

Word History and Origins

Origin of Sinarquist¹

C20: Mexican Spanish sinarquista, from Spanish sin without + anarquista anarchist