Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

agorism

/ˈæ.ɡəˌɹɪzm̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: agorism
IPA: /ˈæ.ɡəˌɹɪzm̩/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Some of them are, or were, libertarians, but of a kind to make the respectably bourgeois Libertarian Party cringe - people like Samuel Edward Konkin III, whose revolutionary “agorism” or pure free-market anarchism is supposed to abolish and liberate the working class; […]"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “agora (open place for assembly and market)”) + -ism. Coined by Samuel Edward Konkin III in his 1980 New Libertarian Manifesto.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: ἀγορά

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

anarcho-capitalism free market black market

Frequently Paired Words

agorist agoristic libertarianism anarcho-capitalism free market black market voluntaryism

Questions

How do you pronounce agorism?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæ.ɡəˌɹɪzm̩/.
What does agorism mean?: A revolutionary political philosophy that advocates the creation of a voluntaryist society by means of counter-economics (i.e. black market).
Where does agorism come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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