anarchist

See also: Anarchist

English

Etymology

From French anarchiste, from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía) from the roots ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ə.kɪst/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈæn.ɑɹ.kɪst/

Noun

anarchist (plural anarchists)

One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
(by extension) One who promotes chaos and lawlessness; a nihilist.
One who resents outside control or influence on his or her life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.

Usage notes

Self-identified anarchists in sense 1 may object to the use of this term in senses 2 and 3.

Related terms

anarchy
anarch
anarcho-
libertarian

Translations

believer in anarchism

Asturian: anarquista m or f
Catalan: anarquista m or f
Czech: anarchista (cs) m
Dutch: anarchist (nl) m
Esperanto: anarkiisto (eo)
Finnish: anarkisti (fi)
French: anarchiste (fr) m or f
Galician: anarquista (gl) m or f
Georgian: ანარქისტი (anarkisṭi)
German: Anarchist (de) m
Greek: αναρχικός (el) m (anarchikós), αναρχική (el) f (anarchikí)
Hungarian: anarchista (hu)
Indonesian: anarkis (id)
Irish: ainrialaí m

Lithuanian: anarchistas m
Malay: anarkis
Norman: anarchiste m or f
Norwegian: anarkist (no) m
Polish: anarchista (pl) m
Portuguese: anarquista (pt) m or f
Romanian: anarhist (ro) m, anarhisră f
Russian: анархи́ст (ru) m (anarxíst)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ана̀рхист m, ана̀рхисткиња f
Roman: anàrhist (sh) m, anàrhistkinja (sh) f
Spanish: anarquista (es) m or f, ácrata (es)
Swedish: anarkist (sv) c
Yiddish: אַנאַרכיסט‎ m (anarkhist)

nihilist

Dutch: anarchist (nl) m, nihilist (nl) m
Georgian: ნიჰილისტი (nihilisṭi)
Greek: μηδενιστής (el) m (midenistís)
Hungarian: anarchista (hu)
Irish: ainrialaí m
Polish: nihilista (pl) m

Romanian: nihilist (ro) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ана̀рхист m, ана̀рхисткиња f
Roman: anàrhist (sh) m, anàrhistkinja (sh) f
Spanish: nihilista (es) m or f

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} anarĥiisto (eo)

Adjective

anarchist (comparative more anarchist, superlative most anarchist)

(somewhat rare) Relating to anarchism or to anarchists, anarchistic.

Anagrams

Thracians, antiarchs, anticrash, cantharis

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French anarchiste.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ.nɑrˈxɪst/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: an‧ar‧chist
Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

anarchist m (plural anarchisten, diminutive anarchistje n)

anarchist [from late 18th c.]

Descendants

Afrikaans: anargis