ancap

See also: ANCAP and ăn cắp

English

Alternative forms

• an-cap

Adjective

ancap (comparative more ancap, superlative most ancap)

1. (politics, economics, chiefly Internet slang) Clipping of anarcho-capitalist.
   • 2022 July 8, Judy Berman, “The Anarchists Is a Messy, Gripping Anarcho-Capitalist Saga”, in Time‎^[1], archived from the original on 28 July 2022:

     Unlike its socialist forerunner, this Randian vision for smashing the state requires no interdependence, mutual aid, or renunciation of private wealth; in fact, one common ancap goal is to amass enough cash to keep the government off your back.

Noun

ancap (countable and uncountable, plural ancaps)

1. (politics, economics, chiefly Internet slang, countable) Clipping of anarcho-capitalist.
2. (politics, economics, chiefly Internet slang, uncountable) Clipping of anarcho-capitalism.

Derived terms

• Ancapistan

See also

• anprim

Anagrams

• NAACP

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Hellenic *ə-

Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)

Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.?

Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-ā́

Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā)

Ancient Greek -η (-ē)

Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ)

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek ἄναρχος (ánarkhos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (ănărkhĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.

Latin -o-bor.

English -o-

English anarcho-

substratebor.?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-?

Proto-Indo-European *kap-

Proto-Indo-European *káput

Proto-Italic *kaput

Latin caput

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin capitālisbor.

Old French capitalbor.

Middle English capital

English capital

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

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French capitalistecalq.

English capitalist

English anarcho-capitalistclip.

English ancapbor.

Portuguese ancap

Borrowed from English ancap.

Adjective

ancap (invariable)

1. (politics, economics, chiefly Internet slang) clipping of anarcocapitalista

Noun

ancap m or f by sense (plural ancaps)

1. (politics, economics, chiefly Internet slang) clipping of anarcocapitalista