disestablishmentarianism
noun
- movement to end the Church of England's status as the official church of the United Kingdom
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪs.əstæ.blɪʃmənˌtɛɹi.ənɪzm/
noun
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Old French establissementbor. Middle English stablishment English establishment ▲ English dis- English establish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disestablishment English -arian English disestablishmentarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English disestablishmentarianism From disestablishmentarian + -ism.
- The campaign to disestablish the Church of England.
“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.”