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
Zinn’s spare and striking specifics are always memorable, like the wonderful detail in his second essay about Ben Reitman, an anarchist, doctor for the poor, and Emma Goldman’s lover.
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James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Christian Slater plays the mysterious anarchist Mr. Robot.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 July 2025
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.
—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
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James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Christian Slater plays the mysterious anarchist Mr. Robot.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 July 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchist
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The film was One Battle After Another, Anderson’s high-octane adaptation of Vineland, Thomas Pynchon’s anarchic 1990 novel about a crew of former leftist revolutionaries — the French 75 — living in a slightly more dystopian version of present-day America.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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The plot centers around a former revolutionary who must reunite with old associates to find his missing daughter.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Adapted from Chinese folklore, the film follows a boy named Ne Zha (Crystal Lee) who is born with demon-like powers and rebels against his hawk-eyed, human parents Lady Yin and Li Jing (Vincent Rodriguez III).—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
22 Aug. 2025
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Since January, thousands were killed and hundreds of thousands were displaced in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese army.—
Jean Kaseya,
Time,
20 Aug. 2025
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This might enable a mission which, for example, a Viper is located covertly next to a safe house known to be used by insurgents.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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As the occupation wore on, the Iraqis became proficient at building roadside bombs in basements, garages, and other insurgent test kitchens spread across Baghdad and Anbar.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
2 Sep. 2025
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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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The Middle Belt and northern states are especially volatile, with Islamic militant groups like Boko Haram, Fulani extremists and ISWAP (Islamic State West Africa Province) targeting Christian communities through mass killings, kidnappings and church burnings.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Only the liberals and the extremists do that.—
Tom Tapp,
Deadline,
12 Aug. 2025
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