antidisestablishmentarianism
Syllables: an·ti·dis·es·tab·lish·ment·ar·i·an·ism/ˌæntiˌdɪsɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəɹi.əˌnɪz(ə)m/
antidisestablishmentarianism noun: 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.
Noun
antidisestablishmentarianism (usually uncountable, plural antidisestablishmentarianisms)
- 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.
- Jed Rubenfeld, who actually may not have been recycling a Boerne Court- rejected argument into a law review article,⁴⁵⁰ reasoned that RFRA indeed lacked constitutionality, but because of First Amendment antidisestablishmentarianism, and not the reasons offered by the Court.⁴⁵¹1998, University of Oklahoma College of Law, American Indian Law Review
- The establishmentarianism of Hatch's alliance-building strategy undermined by the disestablishmentarianism of Wiglesworth's treachery triggers an antidisestablishmentarianism in Hawk — but the negation of Wiglesworth's 'dis' coupled with the counter-negation of Hawk's 'anti' does not simply...2002, Angela Hague; David Lavery (credited as editors, but actually authors of the compiled fictional reviews), Teleparody: predicting/preventing the TV discourse of tomorrow
- Antonyms:
- disestablishmentarianism
Examples of antidisestablishmentarianism in a sentence
- Instead, Hawk's antidisestablishmentarianism, like a cancerous wart on the end of the nose, is perched at the fuzzy border separating ontology from oncology, malignity from malignancy.2002, Angela Hague; David Lavery (credited as editors, but actually authors of the compiled fictional reviews), Teleparody...
- As we said yesterday, the case for antidisestablishmentarianism has never been more threadbare.2005 April 9, “Crowning nonsense”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Antonyms of antidisestablishmentarianism
Forms of antidisestablishmentarianism
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Origin of antidisestablishmentarianism
From anti- + disestablishmentarianism.
Questions about antidisestablishmentarianism
- What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean?
- Antidisestablishmentarianism 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.
- How do you use antidisestablishmentarianism in a sentence?
- Instead, Hawk's antidisestablishmentarianism, like a cancerous wart on the end of the nose, is perched at the fuzzy border separating ontology from oncology, malignity from malignancy.
- What part of speech is antidisestablishmentarianism?
- Antidisestablishmentarianism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce antidisestablishmentarianism?
- Antidisestablishmentarianism is pronounced /ˌæntiˌdɪsɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəɹi.əˌnɪz(ə)m/.
- What is the plural of antidisestablishmentarianism?
- The plural of antidisestablishmentarianism is antidisestablishmentarianisms.
Words near antidisestablishmentarianism in the dictionary
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