Antidisestablishmentarianism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidisestablishmentarianism

Antidisestablishmentarianism is the position that a state church (the "established church") should not be disestablished (i.e., be separated from the state).

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JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 248d (1 reply)

Never understood why the arian particle can't just be dropped. Same deal for the horribly unwieldy (but genuinely useful) authoritarianism, whose French equivalent is the more elegant autoritarisme.

English is an ugly messy language. There, I said it.

mrsemi@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 248d

Not really spitting any controversial hot takes there, JubiJag.

ThomasWilliams@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 248d

Really though, antidisestablishmentarianism is the opposition to the disestablishmentarianist beliefs of presbyters.

In other words, its a conservative, counter-reformationist movement, not a belief in itself.