anarchism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈænəɹˌkɪzəm/ (General-American)
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- /ˈæˌnɑɹˌkɪzəm/ (General-American)
- ʹănər'kĭzəm (General-American)
- /ˈanəkɪz(ə)m/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-ā́ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἄναρχος (ánarkhos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (ănărkhĭ́ā)der. New Latin anarchiader. English anarchy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English anarchism From anarchy + -ism.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) A political and philosophical belief that all forms of government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and as such that society would function without a state.
Der Anarchismus ist die rechtsphilosophische Verneinung des Staates, das heisst diejenige Art der rechtsphilotopbischen Staatslehren, welche den Staat verneint.
1900, Paul Eltzbacher, Der Anarchismus, page 267; English translation from Steven T. Byington, transl., Anarchism, translation of original in German, 1908, page 298:
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(broadly, uncountable, usually) A political and philosophical belief that proposes the establishment of a stateless society as well as the abolition of authority and hierarchy in most or all forms.
Anarchism is skepticism toward authority. Its unifying position is that not all forms of authority are justified, and we should refrain from any acceptance of them prior to their satisfactory justification. One form of authority that anarchists consider unjustified is the political authority of the state.
2021, Magda Egoumenides, “14. Anarchism and Political Obligation; An Introduction”, in Gary Chartier & Chad Van Schoelandt, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought, page 207:Opposed as it is to authority and hierarchy, anarchism is typically associated with chaos and disorder, and thus often connected with violence and terror. The means by which to achieve a nonhierarchical society animate debates within anarchism.
2014, Morgan Rodgers Gibson, “Anarchism, Violence and Social Transformation”, in The Australian Political Studies Association Annual Conference, University of Sydney Paper, Abstract:
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(rare, uncountable, usually) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
By now the evils of the governments born of twentieth-century revolutions have been documented. And so anarchism – the absence of government, the direct administration by people of their own lives – is still intact as an ideal, for it has never been tried.
1980 [1971], Édith Thomas, “Introduction”, in Penelope Williams, transl., Louise Michel, translation of Louise Michel, ou la Velléda de l'anarchie (in French), page 13:
Forms
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Deriveds
anarcho- · private property anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · crypto-anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · left anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · collectivist anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · naturist anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · postcolonial anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · cyberanarchism · national-anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · synthesis anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · ecoanarchism · veganarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · egoist anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · anarchism without adjectives (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · existentialist anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · insurrectionary anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · left-wing anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · black anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · philosophical anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · postanarchism · green anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · individualist anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · communist anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · social anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · anarchist · queer anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · post-anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · right anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism") · anti-anarchism · capitalist anarchism (Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism")
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Synonyms
Translations (92)
fo anarkisma (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · bg анархизъм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · it anarchismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · bo གཞུང་མེད་ལམ་སྲོལ (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · sh анархѝзам (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · gl anarquismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ro anarhism (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ko 무정부주의 (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · lv anarhisms (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · sk anarchizmus (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · tt анархизм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · cs anarchismus (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · be анархізм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · az anarxizm (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · mt anarkiżmu (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · sq anarkizëm (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · an anarquismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ar لَاسُلْطَوِيَّة (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · fa دولتزدائی (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · th ลัทธิอนาธิปไตย (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ia anarchismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · cv анархизм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ba анархизм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ne अराजकतावाद (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ast anarquismu (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · eo anarĥiismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · nrf anarchisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · cy anarchiaeth (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ug anarxizm (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · fy anargisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · nl anarchisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · lt anarchizmas (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · mn анархизм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · et anarhism (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · is stjórnleysisstefna (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · pa ਅਰਾਜਕਤਾਵਾਦ (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ga ainrialachas (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ru анархи́зм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ca anarquisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · he אנרכיזם (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · hy անարխիզմ (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · cmn 無政府主義 /无政府主义 (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · vi chủ nghĩa vô chính phủ (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · br anveliouriezh (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ja 無政府主義 (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · el αναρχισμός (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · lb Anarchismus (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ms anarkisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · jv anarkisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · fr anarchisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · kk анархизм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · sv anarkism (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ky анархизм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · tl anarkismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · yi אַנאַרכיזם (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ta அரசின்மை (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ce анархизм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ur نراج (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · vi chủ nghĩa vô trị (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · oc anarquisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · tr anarşizm (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · uk анархізм (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · de Anarchismus (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · lo ອະນາທິປະໄຕ (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · af anargisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ka ანარქიზმი (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · hi अराजकतावाद (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · uz anarxizm (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · my မင်းမဲ့ဝါဒီ (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · pt anarquismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · id anarkisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · es anarquismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · sl anarhizem (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ps انارشيزم (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · pl anarchizm (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · li anarchisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · sh anarhìzam (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · eu anarkismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · tg беҳокимиятӣ (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ko 아나키즘 (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · fa آنارشیسم (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · wa anårtchisse (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · eo anarkiismo (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · yue 無政府主義 /无政府主义 (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · ml അരാജകത്വവാദം (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · da anarkisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · gu અશાસન (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · hu anarchizmus (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · mr अराजकता (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · bn নৈরাজ্যবাদ (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · fi anarkismi (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms) · no anarkisme (belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms)