anarchist
noun
an·ar·chist
ˈa-nər-kist 
-ˌnär-
1
: a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power
2
: a person who believes in, advocates, or promotes anarchism or anarchy
especially
: one who uses violent means to overthrow the established order
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Christian Slater plays the mysterious anarchist Mr. Robot.
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 July 2025
As Fowler outlines, in contrast to much contemporaneous Liberal thought, anarchists believed that personal liberty was best pursued socially, in a community free of government and living peacefully with the wider environment.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
The Philadelphia anarchists were also routinely disappointed in Yanovsky’s politics.
—Geoffrey Baym, The Conversation, 5 May 2025
In 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two working-class Italian anarchists charged with murder, were sent to the electric chair in Massachusetts, setting off protests around the world.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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Lauren Huff, EW.com, 4 July 2025
As Fowler outlines, in contrast to much contemporaneous Liberal thought, anarchists believed that personal liberty was best pursued socially, in a community free of government and living peacefully with the wider environment.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 18 June 2025
The Philadelphia anarchists were also routinely disappointed in Yanovsky’s politics.
—Geoffrey Baym, The Conversation, 5 May 2025
In 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two working-class Italian anarchists charged with murder, were sent to the electric chair in Massachusetts, setting off protests around the world.
—Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 24 June 2025
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anarchist
noun
an·ar·chist
ˈan-ər-kəst
-ˌär-
: a person who believes in anarchism or anarchy or practices anarchy
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