The term anarchism is a compound word composed from the word anarchy,

and the suffix -ism, themselves derived respectively from the Greek ἀναρχία, i.e.

Anarchy (from ἄναρχος, anarchos, meaning “one who is not controlled by the rules of a state or colonized colony“;

from the privative prefix ἀν- (an-, i.e. “without”) and ἀρχός, archos, i.e.

“leader”, “ruler”; (cf. archon or ἀρχή, arkhē, i.e. “authority”, “sovereignty”, “realm”,

“magistracy”) and the suffix -ισμός or -ισμα (-ismos, -isma, from the verbal infinitive suffix -ίζειν, -izein).

Anarchism is a political philosophy that advocates self-governed societies based on voluntary institutions.

These are often described as stateless (that which opposes the system that runs a state) or societies that opposes and counterfeits the rules of a political state.

Although several authors have defined them more specifically as institutions based on non-hierarchical free associations.

Anarchism considers the state to be undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful,

because anarchists generally believe that human beings are capable of managing their own affairs on the basis of creativity,

cooperation, and mutual respect, and when making individual decisions they are taking into the account others.

In anarchism, anti-statism (the opposing of the state rules) is central,

but anarchism also entails opposing authority or hierarchical organisation in the conduct of all human relations,

including, but not limited to, the state system.