disestablishment
/dɪs.ɪsˈtæblɪʃ.mənt/
disestablishment noun: the downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established.
Noun
disestablishment (countable and uncountable, plural disestablishments)
- The downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established.
- Antonyms:
- establishment
- Specifically, the removal of state privileges or patronage from a given church; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.
- Disestablishment of the church would deprive the gentry of another property right – the right of presentation to a living, a right for which they or their ancestors had paid hard cash and which gave them useful opportunities of providing for a younger son or a poor relation.1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77
- As evangelicals defect in one direction and traditionalists in the other, and disestablishment beckons with the reform of the House of Lords […].2009 October 21, Ruth Gledhill, The Times
Antonyms of disestablishment
Forms of disestablishment
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Origin of disestablishment
By surface analysis, dis- + establishment or dis- + establish + -ment.
Words formed from disestablishment
Questions about disestablishment
- What does disestablishment mean?
- Disestablishment means the downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established.
- What part of speech is disestablishment?
- Disestablishment is a noun.
- How do you pronounce disestablishment?
- Disestablishment is pronounced /dɪs.ɪsˈtæblɪʃ.mənt/.
- What is the plural of disestablishment?
- The plural of disestablishment is disestablishments.
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