opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England
I believe in antidisestablishmentarianism.
by Jimmy, RIP Bob Monkhouse January 10, 2004
Get the antidisestablishmentarianismmug. Any sort of endlessly complicated political, legal, or social maneuver that regular people don't understand.
Since "antidisestablishmentarianism" is a long and complicated word that few know the meaning of, people use it to describe similar concepts.
Since "antidisestablishmentarianism" is a long and complicated word that few know the meaning of, people use it to describe similar concepts.
Dude, I watched the news last night, and there was some major antidisestablishmentarianism going on that I didn't understand.
by Mike Kenny May 13, 2005
Get the antidisestablishmentarianismmug. Immortilised in Black Adder Series 3 Ep 1 (Regency Period, the Politics one). Its quite a long word, really, and is as difficult, if not more, to say as putting on your pants. Well, for the Prince Reagent, atleast.
Bladders: I'll be back before you can say antidisestablishmentarianism.
George: Oh, I don't know about that! Antidisstarians... 7 days later he is still struggling
George: Oh, I don't know about that! Antidisstarians... 7 days later he is still struggling
by Bernad Black September 2, 2004
Get the antidisestablishmentarianismmug. "My god you're such an antidisestablishmentarianismist for protesting against the removal of that church".
by Nibsy October 10, 2005
Get the Antidisestablishmentarianismmug. by A.F.J. June 9, 2008
Get the Antidisestablishmentarianismmug. Im going to a Lecture about Antidisestablishmentarianism
by Lulu281204 July 6, 2015
Get the Antidisestablishmentarianismmug. Antidisestablishmentarianism is a political movement that developed in 19th-century Britain in opposition to Disestablishmentarianism, the Liberal Party's efforts to disestablish or remove the Church of England as the official state church of England, Ireland, and Wales. The Church's status has been maintained in England, but in Ireland, the Anglican Church of Ireland was disestablished in 1871. In Wales, four Church of England dioceses were disestablished in 1920 and became the Church in Wales. Antidisestablishmentarianism is also referred to as one of the longest non-scientific words in the English language. The word antidisestablishmentarianism is notable for its unusual length of 28 letters and 12 syllables (an-ti-dis-es-tab-lish-ment-ar-i-an-is-m), and is one of the longest words in the English language.
That antidisestablishmentarianism was so convincing.
by not-that-guy January 31, 2019
Get the Antidisestablishmentarianismmug.