anarchism
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
anarchism (usually uncountable, plural anarchisms)
- The belief that proposes the absence and abolition of hierarchy and authority in most forms.
- (specifically) a political and philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and that society could function without a ruler or involuntary government (a state).
Derived terms
Names of anarchist schools containing the word "anarchism"
- anarchism without adjectives
- black anarchism
- Christian anarchism
- collectivist anarchism
- egoist anarchism
- existentialist anarchism
- green anarchism
- individualist anarchism
- infoanarchism
- insurrectionary anarchism
- left anarchism
- National-Anarchism
- philosophical anarchism
- post-anarchism
- postcolonial anarchism
- queer 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.