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Anarchism Common

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Anarchism has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a political theory favoring the abolition of governments

2

The belief that proposes the absence and abolition of hierarchy and authority in most forms.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
political orientation

Origin

Anarchism comes from combining the word anarchy with the suffix -ism. It originally referred to the political principle of anarchy.

Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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