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Anarchist
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English
Etymology
From French anarchiste , ultimately from the Greek roots αν ("not", "without") and αρχη (ruler).
Pronunciation
- IPA: RP /ˈæn.ə.kɪst/
- IPA: WEAE /ˈæn.ɑɹ.kɪst/
Noun
- A believer in anarchism; one who advocates social freedom as the highest political goal, and therefore aims at the overthrow of all unjustified systems of power (corporate, governmental and other) and create a type of socialist order in which the State is not necessary and thus abolished. Also anarch, libertarian, libertarian socialist.
- In a loose sense, someone conforming to the stereotype of the anarchist as a nihilist or person using terrorism to overthrow the State.
See also
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