Meanings
plural disestablishmentarianisms
- governmentThe campaign to disestablish the Church of England.
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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
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishestablishment
- Englishdis-
- Englishestablish
- Englishdisestablishment
- Englishdisestablishmentarian
- Englishdisestablishmentarianism
From disestablishmentarian + -ism.
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