antidisestablishmentarianism

Definition

Opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England in the 19th century. Now used as a playful example of an absurdly long English word.

Example Usage

He joked that antidisestablishmentarianism was the longest word most of us would ever try to spell.

Origin

British political controversy of the 1870s regarding church-state separation

Fun Fact

One of the longest words in English and famously difficult to spell

Source: Word-list API top-up / extra_long (api)

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