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Anarchist vs Anachronism - What's the difference?

anarchist | anachronism |

As nouns the difference between anarchist and anachronism

is that anarchist is anarchist (person) while anachronism is a chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.

anarchist

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
  • One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
  • (By extension from previous sense ), one who promotes chaos and lawlessness; a nihilist.
  • One who resents outside control or influence on his or her life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.
  • Usage notes

    * Self-identified anarchists in sense 1 may object to the use of this term in senses 2 and 3.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (somewhat, rare) Relating to anarchism or to .
  • anachronism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
  • A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
  • * 1956 , , The City and the Stars , page 32:
  • His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he was an anachronism .

    Synonyms

    * throwback