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anarchist

[an-er-kist] / ˈæn ər kɪst /
NOUN
person who opposes the idea of government and laws
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Even Lukas Graham cited the band’s roots in Christiania, a Danish enclave with a history as an anarchist commune, as an example they’re following by bailing on this tour.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

She added to the informant on an encrypted messaging app that she had "picked up some anarchist literature at the social justice center" which "could have some good tips."

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

Other intellectual influences include Jean Grenier, who had taught him philosophy in Algeria, and his contemporary Simone Weil, a mystic and anarchist.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

However, in context, it is clear that Alter is criticizing a strain of anarchist activism in the United States.

From Salon Sep. 23, 2025

It is as if anyone who proposed repealing a stupid law, like the one forbidding interracial marriage, must be a black-cloaked, bomb-clutching anarchist.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The directors suggest Black Rock City has been visited upon by a plague of plutocrats and anarchists.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

He discovered a public more concerned with Progressive Era anti-monopoly reforms that Republicans cast as anti-business, a postwar economic slump, and acts of domestic terrorism committed by anarchists.

From Slate Mar. 10, 2026

According to Mark Bray, a professor of history at Rutgers University, the term was picked up across Europe in the 1980s and ’90s and adopted by a broad swath of leftists, anarchists and anti-authoritarian socialists.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 22, 2025

He is part of a network called the Jordan Valley Activists – Moshe Sharvit calls them "anarchists" - offering solidarity, and working for peaceful co-existence with the Palestinians.

From BBC May 11, 2025

“It is about Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman—two great American anarchists who wanted to improve the lives of all Americans.”

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos




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