misarchist
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]misarchist (plural misarchists)
- One who dislikes and distrusts all government.
- 1897, Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess, The American Journal of Sociology - Volume 2, page 252:
- It is supposed to do this now, and only misarchists will deny that it generally does so, albeit an intelligence of a rather low order, as ought to be expected from a body that does not pretend to do more than represent the intelligence of its constituents, including the lowest as well as the highest, i.e., a body representing approximately the average social intelligence.
- 1930, Viewpoints - Volumes 6-7, page 61:
- Such is the position taken by the school of misarchist who are habitually denouncing government as a mere band of politicians who at any time happen to hold office.
- 2002, Lewis Call, Postmodern Anarchism, →ISBN, page 31:
- Nietzsche was no friend, it seems, of the "misarchists" who hated strong rulers, for such misarchists might interfere with Nietzsche's first and foremost concern: the production of spiritually strong beings known as Ubermenschen (Overmen).