anarcho-primitivist

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

anarcho- +‎ primitivist

Adjective[edit]

anarcho-primitivist (not comparable)

  1. (politics, economics) Of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-primitivism.
    • 2018 March 4, Jamie Bartlett, “Will 2018 be the year of the neo-luddite?”, in The Guardian[1]:
      The American philosopher John Zerzan is considered the intellectual heavyweight for the anarcho-primitivist movement, whose adherents believe that technology enslaves us.

Noun[edit]

anarcho-primitivist (plural anarcho-primitivists)

  1. (politics, economics) A person who advocates anarcho-primitivism.
    • 2000 August 5, Joseph Kahn, “Anarchism, the Creed That Won't Stay Dead; The Spread of World Capitalism Resurrects a Long-Dormant Movement”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
      The anarcho-primitives “carry a black flag in one hand and a welfare check in the other,” an anarchist named Janet Biehl wrote in a recent Internet essay.