Etymology

antidisestablishmentarianism

an·ti·dis·es·tab·lish·ment·ar·i·an·ism

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

First used 20th c.English disestablishmentarianism ← Middle English stablishment ← Old French establissement
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  10. Proto-Italic*dis-
  11. Latindis-
  12. Old Frenchdes-
  13. Latindis-
  14. Middle Englishdis-
  15. Englishdis-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  18. Proto-Italic*staējō
  19. Proto-Italic*staēō
  20. Proto-Italic*staðlis?
  21. Latinstabilis
  22. Latinstabilīre
  23. Old Frenchestablir
  24. Old Frenchestablissement
  25. Middle Englishstablishment
  26. Englishestablishment
  27. Englishdis-
  28. Englishestablish
  29. Englishdisestablishment
  30. Englishdisestablishmentarian
  31. Englishdisestablishmentarianism
  32. English todayantidisestablishmentarianism

From anti- + disestablishmentarianism.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 20th c. 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.

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