disestablishmentarianism

US/ˈdɪs.əstæ.blɪʃmənˌtɛɹi.ənɪzm/

noun

The campaign to disestablish the Church of England.

Scrabble 34

Meanings

noundisestablishmentarianism (plural disestablishmentarianisms)

plural disestablishmentarianisms

  1. governmentThe campaign to disestablish the Church of England.
    1 more example

    In repeated instances, in fact, Priestman even goes so far as to suggest that disestablishmentarianism (in the arguments of Godwin, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Smith, and Robinson) is simply an early stop on the road toward a more politically radical, full-fledged atheism that is to be found at the endpoint of a conventional narrative of enlightenment.

    2002 November 1, “Book Reviews”, in Modern Philology, volume 100, number 2, →ISSN, page 303

Origin

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

From disestablishmentarian + -ism.

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