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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Whether playing an anarchist, an exfiltrated individual, or a Maoist philosophy professor, Arlaud has embodied characters in search of meaning.
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Lolita Mang, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
When the violence fails to stop after the formal Purge ends, two families must band together to escape the anarchists by crossing into Mexico, but with the United States under siege, surviving The Forever Purge will be much more difficult than just surviving the night.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2023
And political [people] too, like Abbie Hoffman and Joe Strummer and social anarchists.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
Sometimes, that manifested itself as fear of political radicalism, as exemplified by the 1927 execution of immigrant anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024
The Postal Service was using provisions against interfering with military enlistment or recruitment during wartime; a recent issue of The Masses contained a cartoon depicting the draft in a dark light and a poem praising antiwar anarchists.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
That's to the credit of its gifted, very likable cast, which also includes Ruby Cruz as Hazel, Josie and PJ's loyal friend who is a closet budding anarchist despite her privileged upbringing.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2023
Previous gunpowder projectiles—such as seventeenth-century grenades or Orsini bombs, the spiky explosives used by anarchists in the nineteenth century—were finicky and heavy.
—Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2023
Without them, the state would be unable to provide the public goods that today’s sheltered anarchists take for granted.
—WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
Lolita Mang, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
When the violence fails to stop after the formal Purge ends, two families must band together to escape the anarchists by crossing into Mexico, but with the United States under siege, surviving The Forever Purge will be much more difficult than just surviving the night.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2023
And political [people] too, like Abbie Hoffman and Joe Strummer and social anarchists.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
Sometimes, that manifested itself as fear of political radicalism, as exemplified by the 1927 execution of immigrant anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
—Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 14 Jan. 2024
The Postal Service was using provisions against interfering with military enlistment or recruitment during wartime; a recent issue of The Masses contained a cartoon depicting the draft in a dark light and a poem praising antiwar anarchists.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
That's to the credit of its gifted, very likable cast, which also includes Ruby Cruz as Hazel, Josie and PJ's loyal friend who is a closet budding anarchist despite her privileged upbringing.
—Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 25 Dec. 2023
Previous gunpowder projectiles—such as seventeenth-century grenades or Orsini bombs, the spiky explosives used by anarchists in the nineteenth century—were finicky and heavy.
—Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2023
Without them, the state would be unable to provide the public goods that today’s sheltered anarchists take for granted.
—WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
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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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