disestablishment

By surface analysis, dis- +‎ establishment or dis- +‎ establish +‎ -ment.

• IPA^(key): /dɪs.ɪsˈtæblɪʃ.mənt/

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disestablishment (countable and uncountable, plural disestablishments)

1. The downgrading or dissolution of something that had been established.

   Antonym: establishment

   Coordinate terms: nonestablishment; abolition, ban, banning, prohibition

   1. 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 […].

• disestablish (verb)