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 Trump has long invoked the term against a range of political opponents, including peaceful protesters without anarchist-leanings. ABC News, 16 June 2026 In July 1936, at the beginning of Spain’s civil war, anti-clericalist anarchist groups stormed the basilica and set fire to the crypt and Gaudí’s workshop, destroying many of his plans. Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 10 June 2026 But divining Gaudí's intentions has required detective work, because during the Spanish Civil War, anarchists protesting the Catholic Church set fire to parts of the structure, and smashed Gaudí's models into 8,000 pieces. Seth Doane, CBS News, 7 June 2026 At the same time, Pratchett was not an anarchist—Vimes is a policeman, which is depicted as a heroic profession—or an identitarian. Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for anarchist
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  • To make matters worse, ten days later, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Meyers turns out to be a rich kid with a fancy apartment, someone who can afford to play the artistic revolutionary—which doesn’t negate, and may indeed validate, his love for art.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
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  • Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former rebel commander who has served as Syria’s President since 2025, has been outward looking since taking power.
    Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Dozens of rebel and militia groups operate across eastern Congo.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
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  • Relations between the Taliban and Pakistan — initially their most important partner — are tense, as Islamabad accuses Kabul of supporting Pakistani insurgents.
    Reuters, NBC news, 15 Aug. 2026
  • An insurgent socialist wing, led by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, has toppled several incumbent Democrats this midterm cycle.
    Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026
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  • 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
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  • When Israeli extremists arrived in Qusra to force Palestinians from their homes, residents hoped the Israel Defense Forces would come to their aid.
    Gerry Shih, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Extremists can win blue states, but presidential elections and congressional control are decided in purple states, and America will not elect extremists and socialists.
    Andrew Cuomo, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

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