antidisestablishmentarianism
an·ti·dis·es·tab·lish·ment·ar·i·an·ism/ˌæntiˌdɪsɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəɹi.əˌnɪz(ə)m/noun
antidisestablishmentarianism is spelled A-N-T-I-D-I-S-E-S-T-A-B-L-I-S-H-M-E-N-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M: 28 letters and 11 syllables (an·ti·dis·es·tab·lish·ment·ar·i·an·ism). It appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, antidisestablishmentarianism means “A political philosophy opposed to the separation of a religious group (church) and a government (state), especially the belief held by those in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of antidisestablishmentarianism is antidisestablishmentarianisms.
How many letters and syllables are in antidisestablishmentarianism?
| Letters | 28: A-N-T-I-D-I-S-E-S-T-A-B-L-I-S-H-M-E-N-T-A-R-I-A-N-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 11: an·ti·dis·es·tab·lish·ment·ar·i·an·ism |
| In writing | about once in every 58 million words; the 237,177th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is antidisestablishmentarianism?
Antidisestablishmentarianism appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce antidisestablishmentarianism?
- /ˌæntiˌdɪsɪˌstæblɪʃmənˈtɛəɹi.əˌnɪz(ə)m/
- /ˌæntaɪ-/
Antidisestablishmentarianism has 11 syllables, split an·ti·dis·es·tab·lish·ment·ar·i·an·ism in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Rho9998-antidisestablishmentarianism.wav, En-us-antidisestablishmentarianism.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-UbiquitousSwizzy-antidisestablishmentarianism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of antidisestablishmentarianism
- antidisestablishmentarianisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A political philosophy opposed to the separation of a religious group (church) and a government (state), especially the belief held by those in 19th-century England opposed to separating the Anglican church from the civil government, or the separation of church and state.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Antidisestablishmentarianism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense philosophy opposed to separating church and state:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Antisäkularisierung |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.