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disestablish en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /dɪsɪˈstæblɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree 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 establirbor. Middle English establissen English establish English disestablish From dis- + establish.

Meanings

1. To deprive (an established church, military squadron, operations base, etc.) of its official status.
   • Furthermore, disestablishing the Catholic church in February 1795 essentially instituted a free field in religious belief. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 556:
   • Ah, but the virtue of public education, it is said, is that it is secular and non-denominational. Don't count on it. Massachusetts, the last state to disestablish religion (1832), didn't until July of 1978 decide that it was unconstitutional for the public school system to subsidize religious schools through so-called textbook loans. 1978 December 9, Mitzel, “Post-Briggs Blues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 5:
2. To abolish (an existing position of employment).

Forms

Deriveds

disestablishmentarian · disestablisher · disestablishmentarianism · antidisestablishmentarianism · undisestablished · disestablishment

Synonyms

abolish · disempower · unincorporate · dissolve

Translations (4)

it destabilizzare (To make stable or firm; to confirm) · it disfare (To make stable or firm; to confirm) · it rovesciare (To make stable or firm; to confirm) · it abbattere (To make stable or firm; to confirm)