anarchist
Example Sentences
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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
However, in context, it is clear that Alter is criticizing a strain of anarchist activism in the United States.
From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025
Mr Bushnell had described himself as an anarchist, once writing that he "believed in the abolition of all hierarchal power structures" through legal means.
From BBC • Mar. 2, 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
It is as if anyone who proposed repealing a stupid law, like the one forbidding interracial marriage, must be a black-cloaked, bomb-clutching anarchist.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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