Examples of anarchist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Outline toured the South in Antonoff’s parents’ minivan, playing a strip mall in Virginia and an anarchist bookstore in Florida. — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 These words are spoken in 1938 by an Italian-American anarchist ideologically opposed to capitalism. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 29 Apr. 2022 The former is a socialist, the latter an anarchist. — Farah Abdessamad, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022 Caserta presented himself as an anarchist to the group, often showing discontent to notions of co-defendant Adam Fox being the ringleader. — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 18 Mar. 2022 Caserta had a red and black anarchist flag draped on his living room wall, and had books related to practicing anarchism. — Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2022 The protesters say they were inspired by Nestor Makhno, who led a Ukrainian anarchist army in 1917. — Fortune, 14 Mar. 2022 Ford is a student, a part-time dog walker and an anarchist, but there are also communists, libertarians, mechanics, cashiers, teachers and government employees. — New York Times, 15 Feb. 2022 Today, the tasks Cunard set for herself look depressingly similar to those of Gen Z: Declaring herself an anarchist, Cunard was a dedicated advocate for racial equality as well as a virulent anti fascist. — Mark Peikert, Town & Country, 10 Mar. 2022 See More

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History and Etymology for anarchist

anarchy + -ist entry 1; as a proponent of a political theory after French anarchiste.

Note: The use of the French words anarchisme and anarchiste in reference to political theory are associated with Pierre-Joseph proudhon. In his first major work, Qu'est-ce que la propriété? Recherche sur le principe du droit et du gouvernement (Paris, 1840), Proudhon used anarchiste (p.229), but not anarchisme.

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