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disestablishment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /dɪs.ɪsˈtæblɪʃ.mənt/
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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 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 By surface analysis, dis- + establishment or dis- + establish + -ment.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established. ▸ Specifically, the removal of state privileges or patronage from a given church; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.
    • Disestablishment of the church would deprive the gentry of another property right – the right of presentation to a living, a right for which they or their ancestors had paid hard cash and which gave them useful opportunities of providing for a younger son or a poor relation. 1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77:
    • As evangelicals defect in one direction and traditionalists in the other, and disestablishment beckons with the reform of the House of Lords […]. 2009 October 21, Ruth Gledhill, The Times:

Forms

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Antonyms

establishment · establishment

Coordinates

nonestablishment · nonestablishment · ban · abolition · banning · ban · prohibition · prohibition · banning · abolition

Deriveds

disestablishmentarian · antidisestablishmentarian · antidisestablishment

Relateds

disestablish