rare. [f. Gr. ἄναρχ-ος (see ANARCH) + -ISM.] The principles or practice of anarchy, or anarchists.
1642. Sir E. Dering, Sp. on Relig., 153. This Bill … will prove the mother of absolute Anarchisme.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Anarchism, the Doctrine, Positions or Art of those that teach anarchy; also the being itself of the people without a Prince or Ruler.
1882. Sir C. Dilke, in Daily News, 3 July, 2/6. Russian Nihilism, German Social Democracy, and French Anarchism were in a high degree the children of Protection.
