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anarchist

[an-er-kist] / ˈæn ər kɪst /
NOUN
person who opposes the idea of government and laws
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As Mikhail Bakunin, a 19th-century anarchist, observed, “it’s painful to live in Russia if you value the truth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

Kushner's Creation Lake is a spy thriller which sees an American woman infiltrate a radical anarchist collective in rural France.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024

Outside of the fluttering romance plot and teen hijinks, Kat’s anarchist vibe was bitingly cool, self-assured and unyielding in her feminism and beliefs.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024

“I feel like if I raise those concerns, they want to put a tinfoil hat on me and they want to say I’m an anarchist or an insurrectionist,” Crye said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

The day after Perugia’s release, an anarchist named Gavrilo Princip assassinated the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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