Definitions For Antidisestablishmentarianism

Noun

ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM (plural - or s) A political philosophy opposed to the separation of a religious group (church) and a government (state), especially the belief held by those in 19th-century england opposed to separating the anglican church from the civil government or to refer to w:separation of church and state, separation of church and state. from 20th c. : {{ant, en, disestablishmentarianism}}

Related terms

{{rel2, en, antidisestablishmentarian, disestablishmentarianism, establish, established church, establishment}}

Translations

Bulgarian: антидизетаблишментарианизъм, n, impf Chinese: : Mandarin: 反政教分離主義 (fǎn zhèngjiào fēnlí zhǔyì) Czech: antidestablishmentarianismus, n, impf, pf Danish: antidisestablishmentarianisme, c Dutch: antidisestablishmentarisme, n Esperanto: kontraŭmalfondistismo Estonian: antidistablishmentarianism, s Finnish: valtiokirkollisuus, valtiokirkon puolustaminen German: Antisäkularisierung, f Irish: frith-dhíbhunaíochas, m Kapampangan: makipapamangapangontrapangakalasakanan Polish: antydisestablishmentaryzm, n, impf

Trivia

Known as a superlatively long word, it is, with 28 letters and 12 syllables, probably the longest non-technical and non-contrived word in English. The jocular term floccinaucinihilipilification is one letter longer.

See also

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Etymology

From {{confix, en, anti, disestablishmentarian, ism}}.