misarchist

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noun

One who dislikes and distrusts all government.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounmisarchist (plural misarchists)

plural misarchists

  1. One who dislikes and distrusts all government.

    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.

    1930, Viewpoints - Volumes 6-7, page 61
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    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.

    1897, Albion W. Small, Ellsworth Faris, Ernest Watson Burgess, The American Journal of Sociology - Volume 2, page 252

    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).

    2002, Lewis Call, Postmodern Anarchism, →ISBN, page 31

Origin

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