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anarcho-capitalist en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From anarcho- + capitalist. Its possible earliest appearance is in the 1971 article “Know Your Rights” by Murray Rothbard, who is credited with coining it and its cognate anarcho-capitalism; though the latter's earliest extant attestation is in Karl Hess's 1969 article “The Death of Politics”.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of, pertaining to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism.
    • Even beyond the anarcho-capitalist cryptocurrency Bitcoin, many entrepreneurs make overtly political calls for private, extranational money, for direct and disintermediated economic communication, for either total privacy or total publicity in transactions. 2020, Lana Swartz, New Money: How Payment Became Social Media, Yale University Press, →ISBN, pages 4–5:
    • […] Lysander Spooner’s brilliantly hard-hitting No Treason, one of the masterpieces of anti-statism and reprinted by an anarcho-capitalist press, has had considerable influence in converting present-day youth to libertarianism. 1971, Murray Rothbard, “Know Your Rights”, in WIN: Peace and Freedom through Nonviolent Action, volume 7, number 4, pages 6–10:

Forms

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ancap Internet, alternative lexicographic
an-cap Internet, alternative lexicographic
anarchocapitalist alternative lexicographic

Translations (11)

ka ანარქო-კაპიტალისტური (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · nn anarkokapitalistisk (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · es anarcocapitalista (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · pt anarcocapitalista (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · sv anarkokapitalistisk (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · el αναρχοκαπιταλιστικός (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · nb anarkokapitalistisk (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · de anarchokapitalistisch (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · da anarkokapitalistisk (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · fi anarkokapitalistinen (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism) · it anarcocapitalista (of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism)

wikipedia: Karl Hess · wikipedia: Murray Rothbard

anarcho-capitalist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

From anarcho- + capitalist. Its possible earliest appearance is in the 1971 article “Know Your Rights” by Murray Rothbard, who is credited with coining it and its cognate anarcho-capitalism; though the latter's earliest extant attestation is in Karl Hess's 1969 article “The Death of Politics”.

Meanings

  1. A proponent of anarcho-capitalism.
    • But Liberland is Mecca for libertarians' more radical strands, especially ‘anarcho-capitalists’, people who believe the state should be abolished entirely, replaced by individuals clubbing together to contract services from private companies. 2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 8, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN:
    • It is safe to say that the great bulk of right-libertarians are anarcho-capitalists, particularly among the youth. 1971, Murray Rothbard, “Know Your Rights”, in WIN: Peace and Freedom through Nonviolent Action, volume 7, number 4, pages 6–10:
    • At his final campaign event in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, the 53-year-old “anarcho-capitalist” addressed a packed 15,000-capacity stadium from a stage adorned with a banner proclaiming him “The Only Solution” to Argentina’s economic malaise. 2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • The Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, a self-described anarcho-capitalist, is a major supporter of the movement – which, like space colonization, seems to attract the enthusiasm of a certain kind of fantastically rich and rightwing tech baron. 2021 February 5, Matt Shaw, “Billionaire capitalists are designing humanity's future. Don't let them”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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anarcho-capitalists Number=Plur lexicographic
anarchocapitalist alternative lexicographic
an-cap Internet, alternative lexicographic
ancap Internet, alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

ancap · anarcho-capitalistic

Translations (14)

ka ანარქო-კაპიტალისტი (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · pt anarcocapitalista (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · sv anarkokapitalist (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · pt anarco-capitalista (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · fi anarkokapitalisti (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · nb anarkokapitalist (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · de Anarchokapitalistin (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · el αναρχοκαπιταλιστής (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · da anarkokapitalist (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · nn anarkokapitalist (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · it anarcocapitalista (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · es anarcocapitalista (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · de Anarchokapitalist (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism) · el αναρχοκαπιταλίστρια (person who advocates anarcho-capitalism)

wikipedia: Karl Hess · wikipedia: Murray Rothbard