anarchisticadj.
/ˌanəˈkɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˌænərˈkɪstɪk/, /ˌæˌnɑrˈkɪstɪk/ Of or relating to anarchists or anarchism; that advocates or promotes the political philosophy of anarchism (anarchism n. 2); organized according to anarchism; anarchic.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [adjective] > relating to or supporting anarchism
anarchist1797
anarcha1822
antarchistic1852
anarchistic1879
1879 Morning Post 10 Mar. 3/4 The secret degree was then brought to light as the ‘anarchistic party’.
1900 H. G. Wells Love & Mr. Lewisham xxiii That Honesty is essentially an anarchistic and disintegrating force in society.
1967 Amer. Hist. Rev. 73 363 Pop art, also known as neo-dada and the New Realism, reflects..an artistically anarchistic kind of nihilism.
2009 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Oct. 18/1 No community of people could possibly be successful at anything for any length of time if their society were utterly anarchistic.
Derivatives
anarˈchistically adv. in an anarchistic manner.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [adverb] > in manner supporting anarchism
anarchistically1887
1887 Liberty 26 Feb. 8/2 If the parties mentioned were not in a position to act Anarchistically, I could excuse them for compromising under protest.
1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 29 Dec. 990/3 They live at the expense of the society they anarchistically reject.
1998 New Republic (Nexis) 29 June Cookbooks codify rules, and rules are anathema to the anarchistically inclined.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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