as in revolutionaries
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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radicals
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Hasina's ouster has left both political as well as security vacuums, giving more space to religious radicals.—
Michael Kugelman,
NPR,
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Obama ended up funding and arming the Syrian opposition so feebly it was slaughtered and – when its extremists joined up with radicals from Iraq’s long-running insurgency against the US occupation – metastasized into ISIS.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
7 Dec. 2024
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“Anarchists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchists. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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