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Definition of Anarchist
1. Noun. An advocate of anarchism.
Generic synonyms: Radical
Specialized synonyms: Bakunin, Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin, Mikhail Bakunin, Emma Goldman, Goldman, Kropotkin, Prince Peter Kropotkin, Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, Nicola Sacco, Sacco, Benjamin Ricketson Tucker, Tucker, Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Vanzetti
Derivative terms: Anarchistic, Anarchy, Nihilism, Nihilism, Syndicalism
Definition of Anarchist
1. n. An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.
Definition of Anarchist
1. Noun. One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), ''especially'' one who works toward the realization of such. ¹
2. Noun. One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority. ¹
3. Noun. ''By extension from previous sense'', one who promotes chaos and lawlessness; a nihilist. ¹
4. Noun. One who resents outside control or influence on his or her life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control. ¹
5. Adjective. (somewhat rare) Relating to anarchism or to anarchists. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anarchist
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anarchist
Literary usage of Anarchist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1907)
"EMERSON THE anarchist. BY BOLTON H мл,. SAID a conservative New York paper, the
Evening Mail, commenting on the recent arrest of eleven anarchists at a ..."
2. Thirty Years of Labor. 1859-1889: In which the History of the Attempts to by Terence Vincent Powderly (1889)
"... Most's beast of property—The anarchist cowardly and deceitful— Haskell's ...
by the anarchist—Uriah S. Stephens on the socialist—anarchist meetings held ..."
3. Political Crime by Louis Proal (1898)
"... Ishmaelites—anarchists and Capitalists—Jacobin and anarchist ... modern
Anarchism—Proudhon the father of Anarchism—anarchist views on property— Property ..."
4. ...Russian Sociology: A Contribution to the History of Sociological Thought by Hecker, Julius Friedrich (1915)
"The earliest of the Russian anarchist theorizers was Bakunin, who, although not
without influence upon the development of the more recent anarchist writers, ..."
5. The Anarchists, Their Faith and Their Record, Including Sidelights on the by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly (1911)
"FRANCE was not the only scene of anarchist exploits in 1892, for the sect figured
prominently in other countries, notably Spain. ..."
6. Paris and the Social Revolution: A Study of the Revolutionary Elements in by Alvan Francis Sanborn (1905)
"These my first two experiences with anarchist types were scarcely of a nature to
dismay ... In an every way remarkable study of the anarchist temperament, ..."
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