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# anarchist

noun (anarchist, anarchists); adjective (anarchist)

«anarchist» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who believes there should be no government or rulers and people should organise themselves freely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anarchist/#m1)
2. (loose use) A person who wants to break rules and cause chaos. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anarchist/#m2)

### In the lessons

Met in history and politics lessons and in stories. Different anarchists had very different ideas; most were peaceful thinkers, a few used violence. Phrases: «anarchist ideas».

### Examples

- The anarchist wrote books about life without government. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anarchist/#x1)
- Some anarchists set up communities in Spain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anarchist/#x2)
- He called himself an anarchist, but he still paid his bus fare. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anarchist/#x3)
- Anarchist ideas spread in the 1800s. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anarchist/#x4)
- The rebel in the story was a wild anarchist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anarchist/#x5)
- Not every anarchist believes in violence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anarchist/#x6)

### Note

Related: anarchy (no government, often meaning chaos), anarchism. Do not assume all anarchists are violent — that is a myth.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «anarchist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/anarchist/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«anarchist» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/anarchist.html) on Mova free.