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English
Etymology
By surface analysis, dis- + establishment, or, by surface analysis, dis- + disestablish + -ment.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪs.ɪsˈtæblɪʃ.mənt/
Noun
disestablishment (countable and uncountable, plural disestablishments)
- The downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established.
- Antonym: establishment
- Coordinate terms: nonestablishment; abolition, ban, banning, prohibition
- Specifically, the removal of state privileges or patronage from a given church; the removal of a policy of having an official governing religion.
- Antonym: establishment
- Coordinate term: nonestablishment
1972, Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77:Disestablishment of the church would deprive the gentry of another property right – the right of presentation to a living, a right for which they or their ancestors had paid hard cash and which gave them useful opportunities of providing for a younger son or a poor relation.
2009 October 21, Ruth Gledhill, The Times:As evangelicals defect in one direction and traditionalists in the other, and disestablishment beckons with the reform of the House of Lords […].
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