anarchist
/ˈæn.ə.kɪst/US/ˈæn.ɑɹ.kɪst/
anarchist 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.
Noun
anarchist (plural anarchists)
- 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.
- Eh bien ! vous êtes démocrate ? — Non. — Quoi ! vous seriez monarchique ? — Non. — Constitutionnel ? — Dieu m’en garde. — Vous êtes donc aristocrate ? — Point du tout. — Vous voulez un gouvernement mixte ? — Encore moins. — Qu’êtes-vous donc ? — Je suis anarchiste.1849 [1840], Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, “Caractères de la communauté et de la propriété”, in Qu’est-ce que la propriété?, page 237; English translation from “Characteristics of Communism and of...
- But nothing has revived anarchism like globalization. Anarchists are now battling what they see as a concentration of power in multinational corporations.2000 August 5, Joseph Kahn, “Anarchism, the Creed That Won't Stay Dead; The Spread of World Capitalism Resurrects a Long-Dormant Movement”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
- One who promotes chaos and lawlessness.
- You have heard that Anarchists throw bombs, that they believe in violence, and that Anarchy means disorder and chaos.1929, Alexander Berkman, “Is Anarchism Violence?”, in Now and After: The ABC of Communist Anarchism, New York: Vanguard Press, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- nihilist
- One who resents outside control or influence on their life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.
Adjective
anarchist (comparative more anarchist, superlative most anarchist)
- Relating to anarchism or to anarchists; anarchistic.
anarchist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
anarchist in Hindi
- believer in anarchism
- अराजकतावादी arājaktāvādī
anarchist in Tamil
- அரசின்மைவாதி, அரசின்மையர், அராசகவாதி, அராசகன், அராசகம் புரிபவன், அரசிலிக் கோட்பாட்டாளர்
anarchist in Urdu
- حَکُومَت دُشمَن, اِنتشاری
anarchist in Malayalam
- subversive, nihilist, insurgent
- അരാജകവാദി, അരാജകത്വവാദി, നിയമങ്ങളും വ്യവസ്ഥകളും അനുസരിക്കാത്തയാൾ, വിപ്ലവകാരി, കലാപകാരി, ലഹളക്കാരൻ
More languagesFewer languages
- anarchist in Arabic
- فَوْضَوِيّ fawḍawiyy, فَوْضَوِيَّة fawḍawiyya
- anarchist in Malay
- anarkis
- anarchist in Indonesian
- anarkis
Examples of anarchist in a sentence
- There's the "armchair" critique, which borrows from the "lifestyle anarchist" angle.
- One form of authority that anarchists consider unjustified is the political authority of the state.
- Anarchists watching some twitter authcom start posting about "degeneracy of the west" and "traditional values"
Synonyms of anarchist
Forms of anarchist
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | anarchists |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more anarchist |
| superlative | most anarchist |
Origin of anarchist
From French anarchiste, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía) from the roots ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”), equivalent to anarchy + -ist.
Words formed from anarchist
- anarchese
- anarchist calisthenics
- anarchist capitalism
- anarchist capitalist
- anarchist communism
- anarchist communist
- anarchist feminism
- anarchist feminist
- anarchist naturism
- anarchist naturist
- anarkid
- anti-anarchist
- capitalist anarchist
- collectivist anarchist
- communist anarchist
- crypto-anarchist
- cyberanarchist
- ecoanarchist
- existentialist anarchist
- fanarchist
- granarchist
- green anarchist
- individualist anarchist
- infoanarchist
- left anarchist
- left-wing anarchist
- manarchist
- narcho
- national-anarchist
- naturist anarchist
- nonanarchist
- philosophical anarchist
- post-anarchist
- postanarchist
- private property anarchist
- queer anarchist
- tranarchist
Phrases with anarchist
Questions about anarchist
- What does anarchist mean?
- Anarchist means 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.
- What is anarchist in Hindi?
- Anarchist in Hindi is अराजकतावादी (arājaktāvādī). See Anarchist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is anarchist?
- Anarchist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce anarchist?
- Anarchist is pronounced /ˈæn.ə.kɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of anarchist?
- The plural of anarchist is anarchists.
Words near anarchist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: anarchist (page history and authors); anarchist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anarchist (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); anarchist (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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.
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