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Antidisestablishmentarianism (/ ˌ æ n t i d ɪ s ɪ ˌ s t æ b l ɪ ʃ m ə n ˈ t ɛər i ə n ɪ z əm / ⓘ, US also / ˌ æ n t aɪ-/ ⓘ) is a position that advocates that a state church (the "established church") should continue to receive government patronage, rather than be disestablished (i.e., be separated from the state).
The English word antidisestablishmentarianism (UK / ˌ æ n t i d ɪ s ɪ ˌ s t æ b l ɪ ʃ m ə n ˈ t ɛər i ə n ɪ z əm / ⓘ US / ˌ æ n t aɪ-/ ⓘ) is notable for its unusual length of 28 letters and 12 syllables, and is one of the longest words in the English language. [1]
The campaign to disestablish the Anglican Church of Ireland began in the 18th century. [citation needed] A rich church, with 22 bishops drawing £150,000 a year in aggregate, and a further £600,000 going annually to the rest of the clergy, [1] it was wholly disproportionate to the needs of its worshippers, and consisted largely of absentee sinecurists. [1]
In India, the 1960s saw emergence of a group of writers who called themselves Hungryalists.They were the first anti-establishment and counter culture writers in Bengal whose dissenting voice drew attention of the government and court cases were filed against them. [13]
YouTube Kids has faced criticism from advocacy groups, particularly the Fairplay Organization, for concerns surrounding the app's use of commercial advertising, as well as algorithmic suggestions of videos that may be inappropriate for the app's target audience, as the app has been associated with a controversy surrounding disturbing or violent ...
The theme of Orlova's website and YouTube videos, which begin with the tagline "Intelligence is Sexy," is tracing the origins of English words. Some of her entries focus on everyday words such as "irony" and "OK," while others address lengthy and rarely used words such as "floccinaucinihilipilification" and "antidisestablishmentarianism."
Interesting; I just googled, though I didn't x-link with the rags just named or any 60s context, and now gather that the '60s use, or "how it got repeated into the '70s", so to speak, was a malapropism; by the late '70s peple would say something to the effect of "he is/are you antidisestablishmentarian" to mean "are you/he is anti-establishment ...
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