Synonyms for
Anarchist
Definition
Anarchist is a person who believes in or advocates for anarchy or the absence of government and absolute freedom of the individual.
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Common collocations
- political anarchist
- philosophical anarchist
- anarchist movement
- anarchist ideology
- anarchist group
- anarchist theory
- anarchist society
Word family
noun anarchism
adjective anarchistic
Usage note
Often used pejoratively to describe someone who advocates chaos or disorder, even if their political beliefs are more nuanced. The term can also refer specifically to adherents of anarchist political philosophy.
Example sentences
- The anarchist believes that people should be free to do whatever they want without the government's control.
- The anarchist group protested against the government's policies.
- Some people think that anarchists are violent and dangerous.
- The anarchist ideology is against any form of authority.
- Anarchists believe that people can live peacefully and cooperatively without government.
Quotes
Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners. - Edward Abbey
Anarchism is the only philosophy which brings to man the consciousness of himself; which maintains that God, the State, and society are non-existent, that their promises are null and void, since they can be fulfilled only through man's subordination. - Emma Goldman
The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all. - H.L. Mencken