anarcho-capitalist

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anarcho-capitalist

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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”.

adjective ancap · an-cap · anarchocapitalist

  1. not comparable Of, pertaining to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism. […] 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.

noun anarcho-capitalists · ancap · an-cap · anarchocapitalist

  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.

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adj of, supporting, relating to, or advocating anarcho-capitalism

Españolanarcocapitalista
Portuguêsanarcocapitalista
Deutschanarchokapitalistisch
Italianoanarcocapitalista
Ελληνικάαναρχοκαπιταλιστικός anarchokapitalistikós

noun person who advocates anarcho-capitalism

Españolanarcocapitalista
Portuguêsanarcocapitalista, anarco-capitalista
DeutschAnarchokapitalist, Anarchokapitalistin
Italianoanarcocapitalista
Ελληνικάαναρχοκαπιταλιστής anarchokapitalistís, αναρχοκαπιταλίστρια anarchokapitalístria

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@misc{anarcho_capitalist_2026,
  title = {anarcho-capitalist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/anarcho-capitalist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}