anarchiste

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French

Etymology

From anarchie (anarchy) +‎ -iste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.naʁ.ʃist/
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Adjective

anarchiste (plural anarchistes)

  1. anarchistic

Noun

anarchiste m or f by sense (plural anarchistes)

  1. anarchist, adherent of anarchism
    • 1849 [1840], Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, “Caractères de la communauté et de la propriété”, in Qu’est-ce que la propriété?, page 237; translated as “Characteristics of Communism and of Property.”, in Benjamin Tucker, transl., What Is Property?, 1876, page 272:
      Eh bien ! vous êtes démocrate ? — Non. — Quoi ! vous seriez monarchique ? — Non. — Constitutionnel ? — Dieu m’en garde. — Vous êtes donc aristocrate ? — Point du tout. — Vous voulez un gouvernement mixte ? — Encore moins. — Qu’êtes-vous donc ? — Je suis anarchiste.
      “Well! you are a democrat?” — “No.” — “What! you would have a monarchy.” — “No.” — “A constitutionalist?” — “God forbid!” — “You are then an aristocrat?” — “Not at all.” — “You want a mixed government?” — “Still less.” — “What are you, then?” — “I am an anarchist.”

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Etymology

anarchie (anarchy) +‎ -iste (ist)

Noun

anarchiste m or f (plural anarchistes)

  1. (Jersey, politics) anarchist