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
At the same time, Pratchett was not an anarchist—Vimes is a policeman, which is depicted as a heroic profession—or an identitarian.
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
These forces would collide on the Near West Side on a spring evening, against the backdrop of labor unrest, union activity and a hint of influence from a sinister anarchist movement.
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Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
Through thoughtful letters from prison, an anarchist incarcerated since 1980 reflects on his radical past.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 May 2026
At the time, several hundred thousand unions, socialists, anarchists and reformers took to the streets to advocate for the eight-hour workday.
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Preston Mizell,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
24 May 2026
These forces would collide on the Near West Side on a spring evening, against the backdrop of labor unrest, union activity and a hint of influence from a sinister anarchist movement.
—
Michael Peregrine,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
Through thoughtful letters from prison, an anarchist incarcerated since 1980 reflects on his radical past.
—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 May 2026
At the time, several hundred thousand unions, socialists, anarchists and reformers took to the streets to advocate for the eight-hour workday.
—
Preston Mizell,
FOXNews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchist
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Some imagery on the shirt, depicting Haitian revolutionaries from the early 1800s, was declared political and therefore not allowed, having fallen foul of FIFA’s often quite stringent rules around kits at World Cups.
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The garments, designed by Stella Jean, a Haitian Italian fashion designer, featured a painting of the Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, Dessalines’ fellow revolutionary.
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Mahamat Idriss Déby, 42, seized power in Chad after his father, Idriss Déby, was killed fighting rebels in 2021, before winning elections in 2024.
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The group has been responsible for current President Faustin-Archange Touadéra’s security and for fighting rebel groups.
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But what local powers must be surrendered to the insurgent American collectivity?
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The province has been the center of a long-running separatist insurgency, with insurgents demanding independence or greater control over local resources.
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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).
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Opportunists like the daycare group, which was selling weapons, and extremists — not the hobbyists.
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Many of these decisions were made so Netanyahu could retain the support of the far-right extremists keeping him in power and avoid a possible jail sentence on corruption charges.
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