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Kropotkin

Kropotkin

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A Russian writer and thinker who supported anarchism and said people should help each other
  • proper noun
  • /ˈkrɒpətkɪn/
: Kropotkin
  • Peter Kropotkin was a prominent figure in the anarchist movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  • Peter Kropotkin
  • anarchist Peter Kropotkin
  • Russian anarchist Peter Kropotkin

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Examples

  • Isn't that the emphasis of the Russian scientist Kropotkin, who observed mutual aid among animals in Siberia, then criticized Darwin for stressing competition?

    Academic text (1994)

  • - Kropotkin is the leading anarchist writer.

    S*P*Y*S (1974)

  • The idea of a "state within a state" makes a curious contrast with the Russian anarchist Petr Kropotkin's idea of liberalism.

    Academic text (2016)

  • In the late 1960s, she had grand plans to write a long series called "The Kropotkin Poems," about the nineteenth-century Russian anarchist prince, revolutionary, philosopher, and writer, Peter Kropotkin.

    Academic text (2013)

  • Kropotkin's theories on mutual aid have significantly influenced modern anarchist philosophy.

  • In his writings, Kropotkin argued against the concept of competition as the primary driver of evolution.

Synonyms

Pyotr Kropotkin
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9.1

A Russian anarchist and geographer who wrote about mutual aid

is the anglicized name emphasizing broader scientific and geographic contributions

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Kropotkin is a Russian family name most famous for Peter Kropotkin, a 19th-century thinker and writer about anarchy and 'mutual aid'. So, when you see Kropotkin it usually means the man and his ideas about people helping each other rather than relying on government.