anarchism
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈanəkɪz(ə)m/
- (General American) enPR: ʹănər'kĭzəm, IPA(key): /ˈænəɹˌkɪzəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈæˌnɑɹˌkɪzəm/
Noun
anarchism (usually uncountable, plural anarchisms)
- A political and philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and as such that society would function without a state.
- A belief that proposes the abolition of hierarchy and authority in most forms.
Derived terms
Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism"
- anarchism without adjectives
- black anarchism
- capitalist anarchism
- collectivist anarchism
- communist anarchism
- crypto-anarchism
- egoist anarchism
- existentialist anarchism
- green anarchism
- individualist anarchism
- insurrectionary anarchism
- left anarchism
- left-wing anarchism
- national-anarchism
- naturist anarchism
- philosophical anarchism
- post-anarchism
- postcolonial anarchism
- private property anarchism
- queer anarchism
- right anarchism
- social anarchism
- synthesis anarchism
- veganarchism
Related terms
Translations
belief that proposes the absence and abolition of government in all forms
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Further reading
- "anarchism" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 37.