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English

Noun

anarch (plural anarchs)

1. The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book II, lines 988 to 990.

   • 1830, George Gordon Byron, Thomas Moore (editor), poem fragment, Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 1, page 302,

     One rank'd in some recording page / With the worst anarchs of the age, / Him wilt thou know — and, knowing, pause,

   • 1910, Elbert Hubbard, Fra Magazine: A Journal of Affirmation, January 1910 to June 1910, page One Hundred,

     As all the world knows, Emma Goldman is the chief anarch of her time.

Translations

Anagrams

• Charan

English

Etymology

From French anarchiste, from Ancient Greek ??????? (anarkhía) from the roots ??- (an-, “without”) + ???? (arkh?, “rule”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æn.?.k?st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æn.??.k?st/

Noun

anarchist (plural anarchists)

1. 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.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

2. One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
3. (by extension) One who promotes chaos and lawlessness.

   Synonym: nihilist
4. One who resents outside control or influence on his or her life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.

Usage notes

• Self-identified anarchists in sense 1 may object to the use of this term in senses 2 and 3.

Related terms

• anarchy
• anarch
• anarcho-

Translations

See also

• libertarian

Adjective

anarchist (comparative more anarchist, superlative most anarchist)

1. (somewhat rare) Relating to anarchism or to anarchists, anarchistic.

Anagrams

• Thracians, antiarchs, anticrash, cantharis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French anarchiste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.n?r?x?st/
• Hyphenation: an?ar?chist
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

anarchist m (plural anarchisten, diminutive anarchistje n)

1. anarchist [from late 18th c.]

Descendants

• Afrikaans: anargis
• ? Indonesian: anarkis