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ANARCHIST

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An advocate of anarchism

Synonyms:

anarchist; nihilist; syndicalist

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Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("anarchist" is a kind of...):

radical (a person who has radical ideas or opinions)

Instance hyponyms:

Bakunin; Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin; Mikhail Bakunin (Russian anarchist; ally and later opponent of Karl Marx (1814-1876))

Emma Goldman; Goldman (United States anarchist (born in Russia) who opposed conscription; was deported to the Soviet Union in 1919 (1869-1940))

Kropotkin; Prince Peter Kropotkin; Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (Russian anarchist (1842-1921))

Nicola Sacco; Sacco (United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Bartolomeo Vanzetti was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1891-1927))

Benjamin Ricketson Tucker; Tucker (United States anarchist influential before World War I (1854-1939))

Bartolomeo Vanzetti; Vanzetti (United States anarchist (born in Italy) who with Nicola Sacco was convicted of murder and in spite of world-wide protest was executed (1888-1927))

Derivation:

anarchistic (of or related to anarchism or tending toward anarchism)

anarchy (a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government))

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