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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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There as here, they play opposites: Woody, a self-styled anarchist, the loose-living Oscar; Matthew, thinking about government, the orderly Felix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

She added to the informant on an encrypted messaging app that she had "picked up some anarchist literature at the social justice center" which "could have some good tips."

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

The anti-apartheid campaigner came to the UK in the 1980s to avoid conscription to the "apartheid army" where he became part of the "anarchist squatting scene".

From BBC ● May 10, 2026

Other intellectual influences include Jean Grenier, who had taught him philosophy in Algeria, and his contemporary Simone Weil, a mystic and anarchist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

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

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

The directors suggest Black Rock City has been visited upon by a plague of plutocrats and anarchists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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

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

From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2023

The Bonnot Gang was a group of anarchists who were more criminal than political.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day


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