as in revolutionaries
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 anarchists
Throughout the late nineteenth century and much of the twentieth, Jewish socialists, liberals, anarchists, and Zionists all saw their respective political programs as offering a remedy for anti-Semitism.
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Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
As political scientist Krzysztof Wasilewski writes, in the 1880s, tarring immigrants as anarchists became a convenient way for American media to smear labor organizing.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 Aug. 2024
Daniel May, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
As political scientist Krzysztof Wasilewski writes, in the 1880s, tarring immigrants as anarchists became a convenient way for American media to smear labor organizing.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 Aug. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anarchists
Noun
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But Anderson also knows that the moral purity of revolutionaries gets boring pretty fast.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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Based on Thomas Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland, the thriller focuses on a group of ex-revolutionaries who reunite to face an enemy resurfacing after 16 years.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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By the finale, the galactic chessboard is crowded with players—emperors, rebels, prophets, impostors—but as Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) warned in the very first episode, the center cannot hold.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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The proceeds from the arms sales were then used to fund right-wing, anti-communist rebels, known as the Contras, in Nicaragua.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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These radicals are specifically based on an organosulfur compound called tetrathiafulvalene (TTF) units.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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The radicals on the left are the problem.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Anarchists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchists. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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