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antidisestablishmentarianism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæntiˌdɪsɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəɹi.əˌnɪz(ə)m/
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• /ˌæntaɪ-/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Proto-Italic *staðlis? Latin stabilis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin stabilīre Old French establir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French establissementbor. Middle English stablishment English establishment ▲ English dis- ▲ English establish ▲ English -ment English disestablishment Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English disestablishmentarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English disestablishmentarianism English antidisestablishmentarianism From anti- + disestablishmentarianism.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) 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 the separation of church and state.
   • As we said yesterday, the case for antidisestablishmentarianism has never been more threadbare. 2005 April 9, “Crowning nonsense”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
   • Jed Rubenfeld, who actually may not have been recycling a Boerne Court- rejected argument into a law review article,⁴⁵⁰ reasoned that RFRA indeed lacked constitutionality, but because of First Amendment antidisestablishmentarianism, and not the reasons offered by the Court.⁴⁵¹ 1998, University of Oklahoma College of Law, American Indian Law Review:
   • The establishmentarianism of Hatch's alliance-building strategy undermined by the disestablishmentarianism of Wiglesworth's treachery triggers an antidisestablishmentarianism in Hawk — but the negation of Wiglesworth's 'dis' coupled with the counter-negation of Hawk's 'anti' does not simply generate a synthetic affirmation of Hatch's 'establishmentarianism'. Instead, Hawk's antidisestablishmentarianism, like a cancerous wart on the end of the nose, is perched at the fuzzy border separating ontology from oncology, malignity from malignancy. 2002, Angela Hague; David Lavery (credited as editors, but actually authors of the compiled fictional reviews), Teleparody: predicting/preventing the TV discourse of tomorrow:

Forms

Antonyms

disestablishmentarianism

Relateds

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Translations (15)

cs antidestablishmentarianismus n or (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · et antidistablishmentarianism (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · bg антидизетаблишментарианизъм (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · ko 국교 폐지 조례 반대론 (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · ga frith-dhíbhunaíochas (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · ja 反国教会廃止主義 (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · da antidisestablishmentarianisme (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · fi valtiokirkollisuus (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · pam makipapamangapangontrapangakalasakanan (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · de Antisäkularisierung (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · eo kontraŭmalfondistismo (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · pl antydisestablishmentaryzm (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · nl antidisestablishmentarisme (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · fi valtiokirkon puolustaminen (philosophy opposed to separating church and state) · cmn 反政教分離主義 /反政教分离主义 (philosophy opposed to separating church and state)