different between anarchist vs anarchy

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

English

Etymology

From New Latin anarchia, from Ancient Greek ??????? (anarkhía).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æ.n?.ki/
• (US) enPR: ?n?är-k?, IPA^(key): /?æn.??.ki/

Noun

anarchy (countable and uncountable, plural anarchies)

1. (uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
2. (uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
3. (countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
4. Confusion in general; disorder.

Synonyms

• see Thesaurus:disorder

Antonyms

• (all senses): nonanarchy (rare)
• (disorder): order

Derived terms

Translations