different between anarchist vs libertarian

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

liberty +? -arian, dating from 1789.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l?b??t???j?n/
• Hyphenation: li?ber?ta?rian

Noun

libertarian (plural libertarians)

1. One who advocates liberty, either generally or in relation to a specific issue.

   (one who favors civil liberties)

   (one who favors cultural freedom)

   Hyponym: anarchist

2. (chiefly US) A believer in a political doctrine that emphasizes individual liberty and a lack of governmental regulation, intervention, and oversight both in matters of the economy (‘free market’) and in personal behavior where no one’s rights are being violated or threatened; also, a ‘classical liberal’, akin to an ‘anarcho-capitalist’.
3. (chiefly Britain, Ireland) A left-libertarian, an antiauthoritarian believer in both individual freedom and social justice (social equality and mutual aid), such as a social anarchist.
   • 1973 Eugene Lunn, Prophet of Community: The Romantic Socialism of Gustav Landauer (Univ. of California Press) page 200:

     Landauer's reorientation of anarchist theory and practice in the direction of idealist and völkisch thought was often incomprehensible to the more traditional libertarians, and in the period of the second Sozialist Landauer no longer felt entirely comfortable with the simple "anarchist" label. For Landauer anarchism and socialism had always been different expressions of the same view; now he regarded anarchism as "merely the negative side of what is positively called socialism."

   • 2009 Peter Marshall, Demanding the Impossible: A History of Anarchism, page 641:

     For a long time, libertarian was interchangeable in France with anarchist but in recent years, its meaning has become more ambivalent. Some anarchists like David Guérin will call themselves 'libertarian socialists', partly to avoid the negative overtones still associated with anarchism, and partly to stress the place of anarchism with the socialist tradition. Even Marxists of the New Left like E. P. Thompson call themselves 'libertarian' to distinguish themselves from those authoritarian socialists and communists who believe in revolutionary dictatorship and vanguard parties.

   • 2012 Wilbur R. Miller, The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encyclopedia (SAGE Publications) page 1008:

     While anarchism and socialist libertarians have a rich history of revolutionary thinkers ranging from Emma Goldman to George Orwell, the best-known socialist libertarian thinker of today is probably Noam Chomsky.

4. (philosophy) A believer in the freedom of thinking beings to choose their own destiny, i.e. a believer in free will as opposed to those who believe the future is predetermined.

Synonyms

• (person in favor of freedom): eleutheromaniac

Translations

Adjective

libertarian (comparative more libertarian, superlative most libertarian)

1. Having the beliefs of libertarians; having a relative tendency towards liberty.
   • He has libertarian views.
   • A libertarian capitalist.

   Hyponyms: anarchist, anarchistic

2. (dated) Relating to liberty, or to the doctrine of free will, as opposed to the doctrine of necessity.

Translations

See also

• Libertarianism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anarchism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References