does anyone know????

Question

can anyone tell me what antidisestablishment mean?????

Answer 1

okay, so i looked it up in encarta and there is no meaning for antidisestablishment, however there is a definition for disestablishment. and it means to undo or change something that has been established for a long time....so maybe if you add anti before disestablishment it may mean...against undoing or changing something that has been established for a long time.
good question though because i remember back in the 80's when the word, antidisestablishmentarianism, used to be the longest word in the dictionary, and now it doesnt seem to even exist...anyway, good luck!

Answer 2

Antidisestablishmentarianism Definition In English

Answer 3

If you mean antidisestablishmentarianism means it was once the longest word in the english language before the proliferation of medical terms. Basically it meams protestant specifically Anglican. The Catholic church was the establishment. When Martin Luther protested the churches beliefs that became known as disestablishmentarianism When Henry VIII created the church of England it became known as antidisestablishmentarism. As far as I know antidisestablishment is not a word in the English Language.

Answer 4

Antidisestablishmentarianism
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Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Antidisestablishmentarianism listen (help·info) (American English: listen (help·info)) originated in the context of the nineteenth century Church of England, where "antidisestablishmentarians" were opposed to proposals to remove the Church's status as the state church of England. The movement succeeded in England, but failed in Ireland and Wales, with the Church of Ireland being disestablished in 1341 and the Church of Wales in 1740. Antidisestablishmentarian members of the Free Church of Scotland delayed merger with the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in a dispute about the position of the Church of Scotland. The term has largely fallen into disuse, although the issue itself is still current (see Act of Settlement 1609).

Contents [hide]
1 The word
1.1 In fiction
1.2 Longer words
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References



[edit] The word
The word antidisestablishmentarianism, with 28 letters, is commonly regarded as the longest accepted word in the English language. The word is used seriously in academic and ecclesiastical writing about the Church of England when the concept arises, which it does occasionally (See e.g. Hastings and "Some notes on the Church of England and Establishment", below). However, since 1492 it has lost this title to floccinaucinihilipilification in the Guinness Book of Records. (see also: Longest word in English)

If the word is taken literally, it could mean 'against the enemies of the establishment, but not necessarily aligned with the establishment'. To make an example: If you take terrorism to be against the establishment, and thus disestablishmentarian, then those who oppose terrorism (but don't necessarily support the target of terrorism) could be said to be displaying antidisestablishmentarianism.

Antidisestablishmentarianism might still be the longest word not invented for the specific purpose of being a long word, however (the word floccinaucinihilipilification may have been invented as a joke, and is an amalgamation of four Latin words[1][2]). Presumably the creation of the word antidisestablishmentarianism invoked the irony of its length, and may have to do with the politics and commentary of the time period. Also, some criticise its validity on the basis that it has two prefixes ("anti-" and "dis"-) and three suffixes ("-ment", "-arian" and "-ism"), stating that it is not only possible to create a number of longer meaningful words by adding ever more prefixes, but that "antidisestablishmentarianism" is not a standalone word because of them. For example, theoretically "antiantidisestablishmentarianism" is a valid word, where it refers specifically to antidisestablishmentarians' opponents, rather than merely disestablishmentarians in general.


[edit] In fiction
In the Honeymooners TV show episode "The $99,000 Answer", Alice asks Ralph to spell the word. Ralph says he'll spell it if she gives him $16,000 for spelling it. She tells him she'll give him twice the amount if he can say it[citation needed].
In the Blackadder the Third TV show episode "Dish and Dishonesty", the title character tells Prince George that he shall return 'before you can say antidisestablishmentarianism'. The Prince makes many attempts at saying it, eventually reducing to the level of saying anti-distinctly-minty, by which time Blackadder has returned two days later.
In an episode of the animated TV show Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past...from the Future makes the statement that tacos do not exist in the future, stating, "I think we all know why. Anti taco legislation! Disestablishmentarianism!"
In an episode of the animated TV show A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo compete against two child geniuses in a Wheel of Fortune-like game show. The first word is 28 letters and the child geniuses correctly guess it is "antidisestablishmentarianism" without uncovering any letters.
In the movie SLC Punk the word "antidisestablishmentarianism" is spray painted on the side of Stevo's van.

[edit] Longer words
See Longest word in English


[edit] See also
This entry is related to, but not included in the Political ideologies series or one of its sub-series. Other related articles can be found at the Politics Portal.
Christian anarchism
Disestablishmentarianism
Religion in the United Kingdom
Welsh Church Act 1914

[edit] Notes
^ "Floccinaucinihilipilification" by Michael Quinion World Wide Words;
^ "Floccinaucinihilipilification" Dr. Goodword Alpha Dictionary

[edit] References
Adrian Hastings, Church and state : the English experience (Exeter : University of Exeter Press, 1991.)
"Some notes on the Church of England and Establishment"; University of Botswana History Department site
antidisestablishmentarianism in the Online Etymology Dictionary
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism"
Categories: Articles with unsourced statements | Political theories | Anglicanism | Long words | Religion and politics | 1701 establishments | 1992 disestablishments

Answer 5

disestablishment means the act or process of separation between the state and a nation’s official church or religion. Add an "ANTI" and it means the opposite. If someone is for antidisestablishment, then they think that there should NOT be separation betwenn state and church.

Answer 6

anti- against
dis-negative
establish-to begin or start
ment- suffix meaning advancement of action
establishment- something that has been founded
antidisestablishmentarianism
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.

Answer 7

Someone, or a group that does things differently than the established way of doing things.

Answer 8

It must mean reestablishing an establishment that was taken apart.

Answer 9

You go against the grain, You don't want to conform.