as in revolutionary
a person who believes that government and laws are not necessary
The anarchists decided to move to a remote location that was, for all intents and purposes, lawless.
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When an anarchist frames one of them for treason, another is determined to track down a traitor.
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Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
The press has cast stones at One Battle After Another for its $140 million production cost, saying a car chase movie about anarchists should never have cost that much.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Notable inmates once held at the jail include Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, civil rights leader Malcolm X and mobster Whitey Bulger, according to records.
—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
That was the stance of Jacques Ellul, another Christian anarchist.
—Cal Revely-Calder, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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The film, widely considered to be a top contender for the best picture Oscar, follows a onetime revolutionary played by Leonardo DiCaprio who must revisit his old life after his daughter is kidnapped by a former foe.—
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The first generation of Iranian revolutionaries—including octogenarians like Ayatollah Ali Khamenei—have long fooled themselves about their future.—
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Last December, armed rebels previously aligned with terror groups finally ousted Assad from power after a 14 year civil war.—
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There was a buffer zone where French soldiers were and then the north was held by rebel groups.—
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While many are now driven primarily by economic interests, a subset retains insurgent, ant-imperialist commitments.—
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That could mean tightening sanctions on remaining power brokers, expanding strikes against security installations and militias, covertly supporting insurgent factions, and using Maduro’s prospective trial as a global stage on which to delegitimize Chavismo once and for all.—
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Since those early beginnings, the invention’s larger structure has evolved to assume narrative shapes, such as the regular geography of Christopher Robin’s Hundred Acre Wood (where the anarch is the merrily spontaneous Winnie-the-Pooh).—
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In Africa, extremists exploit ungoverned water scarcity to recruit and control populations.—
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil-rights group, has designated Tuberville as an anti-Muslim extremist based on past statements.—
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“Anarchist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anarchist. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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