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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As Fowler outlines, in contrast to much contemporaneous Liberal thought, anarchists believed that personal liberty was best pursued socially, in a community free of government and living peacefully with the wider environment.
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Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
The Philadelphia anarchists were also routinely disappointed in Yanovsky’s politics.
—Geoffrey Baym, The Conversation, 5 May 2025
In 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two working-class Italian anarchists charged with murder, were sent to the electric chair in Massachusetts, setting off protests around the world.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
While for many nineteenth-century anarchists, human nature was understood in scientific terms, Tolstoy understood it religiously.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
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Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
The Philadelphia anarchists were also routinely disappointed in Yanovsky’s politics.
—Geoffrey Baym, The Conversation, 5 May 2025
In 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two working-class Italian anarchists charged with murder, were sent to the electric chair in Massachusetts, setting off protests around the world.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
While for many nineteenth-century anarchists, human nature was understood in scientific terms, Tolstoy understood it religiously.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchist
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Dad’s grandfather had been a cabinetmaker by day and a socialist revolutionary by night.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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Her dancers wore Black berets—a symbol of global Black resistance, from the Panthers in the U.S. to Caribbean revolutionaries like Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.—
Richard Fowler,
Forbes.com,
27 July 2025
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According to the International Committee of the Red Cross, last year was the worst year yet for peace in the country since a 2016 deal was struck between the FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, and the Colombian state.—
Ladan Anoushfar,
CNN Money,
6 Aug. 2025
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In 2024, a group of UN experts said that up to 4,000 Rwandan troops were fighting alongside the rebels.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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Lahav emphasized that stringent measures would need to be taken in Israel's outreach to Iranian insurgent groups to avoid creating outcomes with the potential to be just as unfavorable, or even more unfavorable, to national and regional security.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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Saturday’s bracket gets going with one-time tourney staple UCLA and insurgent Murray State.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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