misarchist

Etymology

From misarchy + -ist.

Why this word is great

MISARCHIST — [Noun] One who dislikes and distrusts all government. From misarchy ("hatred of government or authority") + -ist ("one who practices or believes in"). Unlike an "anarchist" (who seeks to dismantle the state) or a "libertarian" (who tolerates a minimal one), the misarchist nurses a quiet, unyielding skepticism—not rebellion, but a slow-burning wariness. It is the way a stray cat flinches at every outstretched hand, the weary sigh at the sight of a tax form, the instinctive tracing of a barred window's outline—not with revolutionary fervor, but with the bone-deep certainty that power, however benign its claims, will always find a way to disappoint. Some wounds never scar over; they just learn to live with the weather.

noun

One who dislikes and distrusts all government.“It is supposed to do this now, and only misarchists will deny that it generally does so, albeit an intelligence of a rather low order, as ought to be expected from a body that does not pretend to do more than represent the intelligence of its constituents, including the lowest as well as the highest, i.e., a body representing approximately the average social intelligence.”