anarchist

Definition of anarchistnext
as in revolutionary
a person who believes that government and laws are not necessary The anarchists decided to move to a remote location that was, for all intents and purposes, lawless.

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Recent Examples of anarchist Among those waiting to meet the president was Leon Czolgosz, a 28-year-old anarchist who considered the government oppressive. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026 Central Florida’s anarchist, tattooed knockoff of Buc-ee’s beaver mascot is no more. — Cristóbal Reyes, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026 Indeed, antisemitisms prove that a society can hold contradictory images simultaneously, such as the fact that the Jews are both anarchists out to destroy capitalism as well as capitalists out to exploit the working class. — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026 The film follows Lena (Lena Trifunović), an anarchist student active in Belgrade’s anti-government movement, and Stefan (Andrija Krivokapić), a working-class youth who finds himself, almost by chance, among pro-government loyalists. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for anarchist
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Noun
  • Exiled revolutionaries needed somewhere to go, as did poorer residents who were hoping the revolution would improve conditions.
    — Blaise Mesa, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The series follows an exiled revolutionary forced to return to Uruguay and confront his past.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The charges stemmed from fighting more than a decade ago between the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels who seized power from then-President François Bozizé, and a mainly Christian militia called the anti-Balaka.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026
  • In the south, an array of militias and armed groups arose over the years, ostensibly to back the government against the rebels.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The latest operation came just over a week after Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti ruled out negotiations with insurgents and said security operations would continue until militancy was eliminated from the province.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Hundreds joined the insurgents that day, and their numbers soon swelled into the thousands.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Since those early beginnings, the invention’s larger structure has evolved to assume narrative shapes, such as the regular geography of Christopher Robin’s Hundred Acre Wood (where the anarch is the merrily spontaneous Winnie-the-Pooh).
    — Angus Fletcher, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2021
Noun
  • The caption on the video claims that a group of Muslim extremists kidnapped and beheaded a Christian man for refusing to convert to Islam.
    — Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Dictators chose repression, extremists chose violence, and regional powers pursued their interests.
    — Ayman M. Mohyeldin, Vanity Fair, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Anarchist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchist. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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