Word.ws English Dictionary

agorism

/ˈæ.ɡəˌɹɪzm̩/

agorism noun: a revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).

Noun

agorism (uncountable)

  1. A revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).
    • Some of them are, or were, libertarians, but of a kind to make the respectably bourgeois Libertarian Party cringe - people like Samuel Edward Konkin III, whose revolutionary “agorism” or pure free-market anarchism is supposed to abolish and liberate the working class; […]1994, Bob Black, Beneath the Underground, page 4

agorism meaning in Marathi

agorism in Marathi

philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society through counter-economics
बाजारपेठवाद bāj̈ārpeṭhvād, आगोरावाद āgorāvād

Origin of agorism

From Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “agora (open place for assembly and market)”) + -ism. Coined by Samuel Edward Konkin III in his 1980 New Libertarian Manifesto.

Questions about agorism

What does agorism mean?
Agorism means a revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).
What is agorism in Marathi?
Agorism in Marathi is बाजारपेठवाद (bāj̈ārpeṭhvād), आगोरावाद (āgorāvād). See Agorism meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is agorism?
Agorism is a noun.
How do you pronounce agorism?
Agorism is pronounced /ˈæ.ɡəˌɹɪzm̩/.

Words near agorism in the dictionary

  1. agoraphobias
  2. agoraphobic
  3. agoraphobics
  4. agoras
  5. Agordat
  6. agorism
  7. agorisms
  8. agorist
  9. agoristic
  10. agoristically
  11. agorists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: agorism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “agorism.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/agorism. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.