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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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Ciarra Docampo’s father, Fernando Ramirez, who was born in Spain, is described in French court papers as an anarchist with connections to the Basque separatist movement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

You have to let him cook, your very own basketball anarchist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

Several then entered, one spray painting an anarchist "A" symbol on an inside wall, before police intervened to disperse them.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

However, in context, it is clear that Alter is criticizing a strain of anarchist activism in the United States.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025

I read a few books about revolutionaries: Che Guevara, Emma Goldman, an odd book titled Mutual Aid by Peter Kropotkin, who was an anarchist, and a book by Alexander Berkman titled ABC of Anarchism.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos

Eisenkot also criticised Netanyahu for "allowing anarchists like Zvi Sukkot and his ilk to do whatever they please, endangering security in the settlements and harming Israel's standing in the world".

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

He discovered a public more concerned with Progressive Era anti-monopoly reforms that Republicans cast as anti-business, a postwar economic slump, and acts of domestic terrorism committed by anarchists.

From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026

It wasn’t anarchists that ended the ’70s malaise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

To call them anarchists would be an insult to conscientious anarchists everywhere.

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023

And they were connected to people who wanted to overthrow that establishment: anarchists.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day


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