单词 | anarch |
释义 | anarchn.adj. A. n. 1. Often with capital initial. A personification of chaos or revolt. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > one who rebels > leader anarch1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 988 Thus Satan; and him thus the Anarch old..Answer'd. View more context for this quotation 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 339 Lo! the great Anarch's ancient reign restor'd. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. xvii. 313 The old anarch of Infidelity is sure always to effect a transitory lodgment. 1921 M. C. Kelly Community Capitol i. 66 Satan, Father of Division and the eternal Anarch of the world. 2003 Indian Express (Nexis) 18 Nov. This surely must be some kind of a joke that the Great Anarch in the skies has sprung on us poor mortals. 2. A person who causes or instigates anarchy; an anarchist.anarchist n. is now the more usual term. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > anarchism > adherent of anarchist1648 anarch1757 antarchist1845 rouge1849 antarchistic1877 redshirt1889 red1892 anarcho1894 misarchist1896 1757 J. Shebbeare Fifth Let. People of Eng. 83 He is one of those Aristocratical Anarchs, who have long played the King and People one against the other. 1800 R. C. Dallas tr. A. F. B. de Moleville Ann. French Revol. I. Introd. p. xvii The third party..comprised the Democrats of every description, from the Jacobin Clubs..to the anarchs and robbers. 1884 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 508 We occupied the Delta in 1882 to prevent anarchs from hindering trade on the Canal. 1966 New Statesman 26 Aug. 299/2 The self-righteousness of a sour young anarch. 2000 Independent 16 May ii. 5/1 Such anarchs are in the minority, since the vast majority of people are highly supportive of CCTV because of its proven track record in controlling crime. B. adj. Anarchic; wild, rebellious; disordered, confused. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [adjective] > relating to or supporting anarchism anarchist1797 anarcha1822 antarchistic1852 anarchistic1879 a1822 P. B. Shelley Posthumous Poems (1824) 85 The anarch chiefs, whose force and murderous snares Had founded many a sceptre-bearing line. 1969 A. Rich Leaflets ii. 55 Often I have..wondered how a beauty so anarch, so ungelded Will be cared for in this world. 2009 D. Hoffman Whole Nine Yards 42 Your anarch passions Will rend and gnaw. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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