Definition of 'anarchist'

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anarchist

(ænəʳkɪst )

Word forms: plural anarchists

1. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]

An anarchist is a person who believes in anarchism.

West Berlin always had a large anarchist community.

...a well-known anarchist poet.

Synonyms: revolutionary, rebel, terrorist, insurgent More Synonyms of anarchist

2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]

If someone has anarchist beliefs or views, they believe in anarchism.

He was apparently quite converted from his anarchist views.

3. countable noun

If you say that someone is an anarchist, you disapprove of them because they seem to pay no attention to the rules or laws that everyone else obeys.

[disapproval]

He was a social anarchist.

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(ˈænəkɪst )

noun

a person who advocates the abolition of government and a social system based on voluntary cooperation

a person who causes disorder or upheaval

Derived forms

anarchistic (ˌanarˈchistic)

adjective

Word Frequency

(ˈænərˌkɪst ; anˈərkistˌ; ˈænˌɑrkɪst ; anˈärˌkist)

noun

a person who believes in or advocates anarchism

a person who promotes anarchy, as by flouting or ignoring rules, duties, or accepted standards of conduct

Derived forms

anarchistic (ˌanarˈchistic) (ˌænərˈkɪstɪk ; anˌərkisˈtik; ˌænɑrˈkɪstɪk ; anˌärkisˈtik)

adjective

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It is not only anarchists and environmentalists who are fed up. Times, Sunday Times (2009)According to an eyewitness, he was cornered by a group of anarchists. Times, Sunday Times (2010)It is feared that the anarchists and hardline revolutionary groups want to encourage people to use the peaceful protests to cause violence and disruption. Times, Sunday Times (2010)A mix of socialists and anarchists seized Munich. The Sun (2014)