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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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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

The real-life character most successfully integrated into the narrative flow is the firebrand anarchist Emma Goldman, played with sobriety mixed with fervor by Shaina Taub, the author and star of the musical “Suffs.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

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

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025

Mr Bushnell had described himself as an anarchist, once writing that he "believed in the abolition of all hierarchal power structures" through legal means.

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2024

There’s surely an entry on the anarchist playwright Alfred Jarry, who once gave Picasso a Browning pistol—the gun favored by the anarchists.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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

Naturally, a lot of it was focused on immigrants, hundreds of whom were deported under suspicion of being anarchists.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2025

Found within a kilometre of the Danish parliament, Freetown Christiania was established in 1971 when a bunch of anarchists and hippies squatted inside a vacant military base.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2024

“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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