anarchist
pronunciation
How to pronounce anarchist in British English:
UK [ˈænəkɪst]
How to pronounce anarchist in American English:
US [ˈænərkɪst]
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- Noun:
- an advocate of anarchism
Word Origin
- anarchist (n.)
- 1670s; see anarchy + -ist. The word got a boost into modernity from the French Revolution.
Example
- 1. The experience turned him into " kind of an anarchist " , he says .
- 2. Such was the case with the anarchist army of makhno , entirely kulak in spirit .
- 3. Said by : czar alexander ii of russia after an anarchist assassination attempt . He died of his wounds mere hours later .
- 4. Millions of people value cooperation over competition and mutual aid over markets ; these are the quiet revolutionaries whom anarchist colin ward beautifully called " the seeds beneath the snow " .
- 5. Though it was once a pagan festival , may day 's modern incarnation actually commemorates the haymarket massacre , when police opened fire on a crowd of workers in chicago in 1886 , after an anarchist had thrown a bomb at them .