anarchiste
French
Etymology
From anarchie (“anarchy”) + -iste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.naʁ.ʃist/
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Adjective
anarchiste (plural anarchistes)
Noun
anarchiste m or f by sense (plural anarchistes)
- anarchist, adherent of anarchism
- 1849 [1840], Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, “Caractères de la communauté et de la propriété”, in Qu’est-ce que la propriété?[1], page 237; translated as “Characteristics of Communism and of Property.”, in Benjamin Tucker, transl., What Is Property?, 1876, page 272:
- Eh bien ! vous êtes démocrate ? — Non. — Quoi ! vous seriez monarchique ? — Non. — Constitutionnel ? — Dieu m’en garde. — Vous êtes donc aristocrate ? — Point du tout. — Vous voulez un gouvernement mixte ? — Encore moins. — Qu’êtes-vous donc ? — Je suis anarchiste.
- “Well! you are a democrat?” — “No.” — “What! you would have a monarchy.” — “No.” — “A constitutionalist?” — “God forbid!” — “You are then an aristocrat?” — “Not at all.” — “You want a mixed government?” — “Still less.” — “What are you, then?” — “I am an anarchist.”
Related terms
- anarchisme (“anarchism”)
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: آنارشیست (anarşist)
- Turkish: anarşist
- → Russian: анархи́ст (anarxíst)
- → Bulgarian: анархи́ст (anarhíst)
Further reading
- “anarchiste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
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Etymology
anarchie (“anarchy”) + -iste (“ist”)
Noun
anarchiste m or f (plural anarchistes)
Related terms
- anarchisme (“anarchist”)