Pierre-Joseph Proudhon coined the word anarchism to describe his movement.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Several sources say Proudhon was the first to use the term anarchism for his own political program (1840) or to call himself an anarchist, and two say he coined it.
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… In fact, most of the founders of the main Jewish leftist schools in this era talk like this. That's the anti-Semitism is a Jew's nightmare. Um, PJ. Prudhomme, I will end here. PJ. Prudhomme, uh, who actually came up with the word anarchism to describe his movement. I always liked him. He's an atheist, but everything else seems pretty solid. He also created the phrase, Property is theft. Now, this was only a note to himself, um, December 26, 1847. He's saying, you know, this is like a note. …
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Contradicts. Wikipedia says anarchism appears in English from 1642 and that French Revolution factions used 'anarchists' as a label earlier, so Proudhon did not originate the word; he was the first to call himself an anarchist and to give it a positive meaning.[1]
Contradicts. Encyclopedia.com says the term was used before Proudhon to mean one who seeks social disorder, and that he argued it could be used with more justice to describe one who seeks social order without government.[2]
Supports. Routledge states that the term was considered derisory until Proudhon used it in 1840 to describe his political program, and that he is credited as the first to call himself an anarchist.[3]
Supports. Britannica Kids and a Catholic diocese article say Proudhon coined the term anarchism.[4][5]
Context. Britannica says Proudhon was the first individual to identify as an anarchist, and that the doctrine had been sketched earlier by William Godwin.[6]
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- 1Anarchism - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 2Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph (1809–1865) - Encyclopedia.comencyclopedia.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Anarchism - Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernismrem.routledge.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4anarchism - Students | Britannica Kids | Homework Helpkids.britannica.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5A look back: on anarchy - II - Catholic Diocese of Lincolnlincolndiocese.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Pierre-Joseph Proudhon | Anarchist, French Philosopherbritannica.com · not rated · cited for: context
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