antidisestablishmentarianism
Church-state union advocacy
Antidisestablishmentarianism is opposition to withdrawing state support from an established church—specifically, the 19th-century movement against separating the Church of England from the British government.
The word is famous mainly for its length, often cited as one of the longest words in English.
It rarely appears in serious use today.
Britain's state religion
- established churchOfficially recognized national religion
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
- dioceseBishop's territorial jurisdiction
parish · clergy · Book of Common Prayer · Episcopal · liturgy · Eucharist · canon · rector
Britain's state religion
- GladstoneAnglo-Saxon hereditary name
- DisraeliVictorian-era British leader
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- WhigsAnti-absolutist party members
Tories · Queen Victoria · Anglican · bishops · Commons · ecclesiastical · established church · Wales
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- reformImprove by correcting faults
liberalism · secularism · dissent · radicalism · state church · separation · movement · debate
Given to lengthy vocabulary
- syllablesUnits of pronunciation
- spelling beeWord-accuracy competition
- vocabularyOne's word collection
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
morphology · prefix · suffix · root · etymology · portmanteau · polysyllabic · mouthful
Suffix forming doctrines
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- movementChange in position
- belief systemCoherent set of convictions
- political philosophyTheory of governance and justice
opposition · reactionary · conservatism · liberalism · secularism · nationalism · radicalism · reformism
Church of England
Britain's state religion
- established churchOfficially recognized national religion
- archbishopSenior prelate over province
- bishopDiocesan clergy head
diocese · parish · clergy · Book of Common Prayer · Episcopal · liturgy · Eucharist · canon · rector · vicar
Church of England
Britain's state religion
- GladstoneAnglo-Saxon hereditary name
- DisraeliVictorian-era British leader
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
Whigs · Tories · Queen Victoria · Anglican · bishops · Commons · ecclesiastical · established church · Wales · Ireland
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
reform · liberalism · secularism · dissent · radicalism · state church · separation · movement · debate · controversy
sesquipedalian
Given to lengthy vocabulary
- syllablesUnits of pronunciation
- spelling beeWord-accuracy competition
- vocabularyOne's word collection
pronunciation · morphology · prefix · suffix · root · etymology · portmanteau · polysyllabic · mouthful · tongue-twister
-ism
Suffix forming doctrines
- doctrineEstablished body of teachings
- movementChange in position
- belief systemCoherent set of convictions
political philosophy · opposition · reactionary · conservatism · liberalism · secularism · nationalism · radicalism · reformism · activism
antidisestablishmentarianismdisestablishmentarianism
Advocacy for church-state separation
disestablishment · separationism · separation of church and state · church-state separation · liberationism
antidisestablishmentarianismsecularism
Separation of faith, state
anticlericalism · secular humanism · church-state separation · irreligion · freethought
establish, establishment, reestablish, disestablish, disestablished, disestablishment, unestablished, disestablishing, re-establish