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Arms of the See of Canterbury, governing the Church of England. 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 ...
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 ...
"The Establishment" to these, and these anti-establishment activists was not simply the people of the older generation. Dictionary.com defines the establishment as "the existing power structure in society; the dominant groups in society and their customs or institutions; institutional authority", [29] Merriam-Webster defines the words as "a ...
[1] [2] [3] A practical definition refers to it as the viewing and the treatment of other people as though they lack the mental capacities that are commonly attributed to humans. [4] In this definition, every act or thought that regards a person as "less than" human is dehumanization. [5] Dehumanization is one form of incitement to genocide. [6]
Psychological abuse – Mental or emotional harm inflicted on a person; Silent treatment – Refusal to communicate verbally with someone who desires the communication; Social undermining – Type of anti-social behavior; Stabilizer – Process to prevent shock in injured people; Strategy of tension – Political policy encouraging violent struggle
He saw other people as hypocritical and superficial. He openly rejected all kinds of societal norms and values, often provoking others by consciously breaking conventions and behaving rudely. [104] [28] [105] Thomas Hobbes is an example of misanthropy in early modern philosophy. His negative outlook on humanity is reflected in many of his works.
A dissident is a person who actively challenges an established political or religious system, doctrine, belief, policy, or institution. [1] In a religious context, the word has been used since the 18th century, and in the political sense since the 20th century, coinciding with the rise of authoritarian governments in countries such as Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, Francoist ...
A schismatic is a person who creates or incites schism in an organization or who is a member of a splinter group. Schismatic as an adjective means pertaining to a schism or schisms, or to those ideas, policies, etc. that are thought to lead towards or promote schism.