as in revolutionary
a person who believes that government and laws are not necessary
The anarchists decided to move to a remote location that was, for all intents and purposes, lawless.
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Recent Examples of anarchist
And Birmingham, the son of a police officer and a mom who did social work, admit to being something of an anarchist.
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Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
Naturally, that makes a hero of the last president to pull it off — even if McKinley did so reluctantly and had more than a few regrets before he was assassinated by an anarchist.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Her latest tells the story of a real-life 1895 railroad disaster — captured for posterity in a series of photos — from the perspectives of those aboard, including a medical student, a young anarchist, and members of the French Parliament.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Granted, such dialogue would be much harder with MAGA or leftist crazies, racists, anarchists, misogynists or white supremacists.
—Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
Naturally, that makes a hero of the last president to pull it off — even if McKinley did so reluctantly and had more than a few regrets before he was assassinated by an anarchist.
—David E. Sanger, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Her latest tells the story of a real-life 1895 railroad disaster — captured for posterity in a series of photos — from the perspectives of those aboard, including a medical student, a young anarchist, and members of the French Parliament.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2025
Granted, such dialogue would be much harder with MAGA or leftist crazies, racists, anarchists, misogynists or white supremacists.
—Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchist
Noun
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What makes this revolutionary isn't the technical sophistication – the components are reasonably standard web technologies – but rather the standardization itself.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Young men who, in earlier generations, would have become rabbis now hope to become professors or revolutionaries.—
Adam Kirsch,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Parnell, the Pentagon spokesperson, said the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, which has been carrying out strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen, will stay in the region through this month, though its deployment there was scheduled to have ended at the end of March.—
Haley Britzky,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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The rebels have loosely defined what constitutes an Israeli ship, meaning many vessels could be targeted.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His unit was in western Iraq, at a time of fierce fighting against insurgent forces and car bombs.—
Quil Lawrence,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2025
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From Myanmar comes the story of a student turned insurgent who joined a militant guerilla group set on overthrowing the country’s military junta.—
The Dial,
The Dial,
1 Apr. 2025
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