Meanings
adjectivean-cap (comparative more an-cap, superlative most an-cap)
comparative more an-cap · superlative most an-cap
- alternativeAlternative form of ancap (“anarcho-capitalist”).
nounan-cap (countable and uncountable, plural an-caps)
plural an-caps
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of ancap (“anarcho-capitalist/-capitalism”).
An-caps don't think anarchists who believe in collectivism are true anarchists, since they argue that some form of central authority would be necessary to enforce it.
2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 8, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN, footnote
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