"ancap" meaning in English

See ancap in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more ancap [comparative], most ancap [superlative], an-cap [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} ancap (comparative more ancap, superlative most ancap)
  1. (politics, economics, chiefly Internet slang) Clipping of anarcho-capitalist. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Alternative form of: anarcho-capitalist
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Noun

Forms: ancaps [plural], an-cap [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ancap (countable and uncountable, plural ancaps)
  1. (politics, economics, chiefly Internet slang, countable) Clipping of anarcho-capitalist. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable Alternative form of: anarcho-capitalist
    Sense id: en-ancap-en-noun-j7Tq8e-H Categories (other): Economics, Politics, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Capitalism Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 26 27 27 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 27 27 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 27 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 24 23 10 18 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 26 26 26 6 17 Disambiguation of Capitalism: 34 34 32 Topics: economics, government, politics, sciences
  2. (politics, economics, chiefly Internet slang, uncountable) Clipping of anarcho-capitalism. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable Alternative form of: anarcho-capitalism
    Sense id: en-ancap-en-noun-2ZiN1sUF Categories (other): Economics, Politics, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Anarchism, Capitalism Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 34 32 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 26 27 27 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 27 27 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 27 27 9 10 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 24 23 10 18 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 26 26 26 6 17 Disambiguation of Anarchism: 22 27 51 Disambiguation of Capitalism: 34 34 32 Topics: economics, government, politics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Ancapistan Related terms: anprim

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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