archist

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adjective

Of or pertaining to archism.

Opposite
Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectivearchist (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to archism.
nounarchist (plural archists)

plural archists

  1. uncommonSynonym of statist (supporter of state control)

    Synonyms: statist · Antonyms: anarchist

  2. Synonym of hierarchist.

    Stimer's thought either endorses the anarchist notion that individuals cannot legitimately dominate others, or it endorses the archist idea that they can.

    2010, John F. Welsh, Max Stirner's dialectical egoism: a new interpretation, page 118
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    We are all Archists. Every ego, whether psychic, physical, or social, is archistic. Archism is the very central principle of life; it is that which gives birth to the ego.

    1967, Dora Marsden, The Egoist - Volume 1, page 399

    The higher the civilization, the more refined the cleverness of the archists in hiding the usurpation of power — without weakening the exercise of power.

    1980, Frederic Trautmann, The Voice of Terror: A Biography of Johann Most, page 102

    In other words, Margolis's critical account of archism is motivated by the belief that no one has ever managed to show that the possibility of meaningful discourse truly presupposes a commitment to the archist's thesis, and that discourses must be constrained by such factors the conforming to which the archist introduces as necessary, such as to the principle of noncontradiction. Margolis challenges the alleged authority of this position by outlining an an-archist philosophy, which maintains "that reality may be a flux, that is, lacking invariant structure or lacking necessarilty invariant structure, and that rational thought need not invoke such invariances."

    2011, Kalle Puolakka, Relativism and Intentionalism in Interpretation, page 13

    Synonyms: hierarchist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of statist (supporter of state control)

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nounSynonym of hierarchist.

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