Anarcho-capitalist
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A proponent of anarcho-capitalism.
"It is safe to say that the great bulk of right-libertarians are anarcho-capitalists, particularly among the youth."
- 1 Of, pertaining to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism. not-comparable
"[…] Lysander Spooner’s brilliantly hard-hitting No Treason, one of the masterpieces of anti-statism and reprinted by an anarcho-capitalist press, has had considerable influence in converting present-day youth to libertarianism."
Example
More examples"Tom refers to himself as an "anarcho-capitalist.""
Etymology
From anarcho- + capitalist. Its possible earliest appearance is in the 1971 article “Know Your Rights” by Murray Rothbard, who is credited with coining it and its cognate anarcho-capitalism; though the latter's earliest extant attestation is in Karl Hess's 1969 article “The Death of Politics”.
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