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anarchistic

anarchistic

2 9.1
Supporting no government and opposing other forms of authority
  • adjective
  • /ˌæn.ɑːrˈkɪs.tɪk/
: anarquista
  • By the way, some people criticized the notion "Say whatever you want to say, do whatever you want to do" as anarchistic.
  • seem anarchistic

How do you avoid normlessness and meaninglessness within an anarchistic society?

Examples

  • Islam can also be egalitarian or even anarchistic.

    Blog text (14)

  • How do you avoid normlessness and meaninglessness within an anarchistic society?

    Chris Williamson

  • Individualism, ultimately anarchistic, has been as much in control in our religion as in industry.

    Academic text (2017)

  • The state bureaucracy looked for allies who could reintroduce "discipline" and help arrest anarchistic developments.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Cooperatives are at once anarchistic, communitarian, and even, from some points of view, quasi-capitalistic.

    Blog text (21)

  • Responding to Utopian descriptions of a "new world order," they increasingly defended a view of international relations as unpredictable and anarchistic.

    Academic text (2000)

  • They should not be appropriated by de Soto or any other advocate of either unfettered market forces or anarchistic democratic processes.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Rather, Lerner's poems seem anarchistic, almost Dionysian; they manifest the centrifugal whirlwind of modernity from inside.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The activist organized a protest to express their anarchistic beliefs against government control.

  • Many artists and writers embrace anarchistic ideas, advocating for freedom from traditional authority.

Synonyms

anarchic
vsanarchistic
5 7.4

A situation with no order or control and no leaders

expresses support for politically removing authority rather than mere disorder
insurrectionary
vsanarchistic
1 9.9

Something that encourages people to rise against the government

supports the idea of removing authority rather than focusing on revolt acts
anarchical
vsanarchistic
1 8.6

Having no order or control, often without government

supports the political idea of removing authority and government
antiauthoritarian
vsanarchistic
1 8.2

Not accepting strict control by people in charge

opposes authority broadly to promote absence of government or rule
insurrectional
vsanarchistic
1 9.9

Supporting or joining a revolt against the government

advocates absence of government as a political belief not only revolt
antistatist
vsanarchistic
1 9.9

Not supporting strong government control

takes a broader ideological stance favoring absence of authority and government

Antonyms

ruled
140 3.0

People who live under a ruler or government

How Anarchic

chaotic
116 4.7
anarchistic
2 9.1

Surface Forms

anarchistic positive

Morphology

anarchistic = anarchist (transparent) = anarchist + ic

Formed by adding the adjective-forming suffix '-ic' to 'anarchist'; the meaning is directly related to supporting or relating to anarchism.

Etymology

Anarchistic comes from the parts an- meaning 'without' and arch meaning 'ruler', the same arch you see in monarch. So being anarchistic means supporting no rulers or no government.