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ancap

ancap is the clipping of anarcho-capitalist.

ancap is the clipping of anarcho-capitalism.

Meaning of anarcho-capitalist

Adjective

anarcho-capitalist (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism.
    • […] Lysander Spooner’s brilliantly hard-hitting No Treason, one of the masterpieces of anti-statism and reprinted by an anarcho-capitalist press, has had considerable influence in converting present-day youth to libertarianism.1971, Murray Rothbard, “Know Your Rights”, in WIN: Peace and Freedom through Nonviolent Action, volume 7, number 4, pages 6–10

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Meaning of anarcho-capitalism

Noun

anarcho-capitalism (uncountable)

  1. A political and economic philosophy that advocates the elimination of the state and other coercive institutions in favour of individual self-ownership, voluntary society, and free market.
    • Laissez-faire capitalism, or anarchocapitalism^([sic]), is simply the economic form of the libertarian ethic. Laissez-faire capitalism encompasses the notion that men should exchange goods and services, without regulation, solely on the basis of value for value. It recognizes charity and communal...1969 March, Karl Hess, “The Death of Politics”, in Playboy
  2. A political and socioeconomic system that ostensibly recognizes only individual self-ownership, voluntary society, and free market but not the state and other coercive institutions.
    • The second was shock therapy. Implemented briefly in the aftermath of the Soviet collapse, shock therapy aimed to construct a free market in post-communist Russia. It produced instead a species of mafia-dominated anarcho-capitalism.1998, John Gray, False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, New York: The New Press, →ISBN, page 133

Forms of ancap

Adjective
comparativemore ancap
superlativemost ancap
alternative forman-cap
Noun
pluralancaps

Words formed from ancap

Questions about ancap

What is ancap the clipping of?
Ancap is the clipping of anarcho-capitalist.

Words near ancap in the dictionary

  1. Anbu
  2. anburies
  3. anbury
  4. ANC
  5. ANCA
  6. ancap
  7. Ancapistan
  8. ancaps
  9. ancarolol
  10. Ancash
  11. Ancaster

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