antidisestablishment

adjective

Opposed to the separation of church and state.

OriginEnglish disestablishment ← Middle English dis- ← Latin dis- →
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Meanings

adjectiveantidisestablishment (comparative more antidisestablishment, superlative most antidisestablishment)

comparative more antidisestablishment · superlative most antidisestablishment

  1. Opposed to the separation of church and state.

Origin

  1. Englishanti-
  2. Latindis-
  3. Old Frenchdes-
  4. Latindis-
  5. Middle Englishdis-
  6. Englishdis-
  7. Englishestablishment
  8. Englishdis-
  9. Englishestablish
  10. Englishdisestablishment
  11. Englishantidisestablishment

From anti- + disestablishment.

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APA

antidisestablishment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidisestablishment

MLA

“antidisestablishment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidisestablishment. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antidisestablishment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antidisestablishment.

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