anarchist
part of speech
noun (anarchist, anarchists); adjective (anarchist)
meaning for a pupil
1) A person who believes there should be no government or rulers and people should organise themselves freely. tree →
2) (loose use) A person who wants to break rules and cause chaos. tree →
sense in the lessons
Met in history and politics lessons and in stories. Different anarchists had very different ideas; most were peaceful thinkers, a few used violence. Phrases: «anarchist ideas».
examples
- The anarchist wrote books about life without government. tree →
- Some anarchists set up communities in Spain. tree →
- He called himself an anarchist, but he still paid his bus fare. tree →
- Anarchist ideas spread in the 1800s. tree →
- The rebel in the story was a wild anarchist. tree →
- Not every anarchist believes in violence. tree →
note
Related: anarchy (no government, often meaning chaos), anarchism. Do not assume all anarchists are violent — that is a myth.
Trees and pragmatics
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