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establishmentarianism

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The doctrine or principle of establishment in religion; support of an established church.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun the doctrine or political position that advocates establishment of a church as the official state religion; -- applied especially to the Church of England.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the doctrine of supporting the social or political establishment

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Examples

  • Once the substance had been entirely sucked out, all that was left was the bogus symbolism of anti-establishmentarianism and the hollow tropes of faux danger and commercialized dissent.

    I Saw The News On Television Today, Oh Boy 2009

  • Perhaps the greatest contribution of establishmentarianism in American history was to set its seal on the civil rights movement.

    Philocrites: August 2008 Archives 2008

  • Given this, the Reason/vulgar libertarian types, despite their infuriating establishmentarianism, hardly seem like the worst.

    December 17th is the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2008

  • Perhaps the greatest contribution of establishmentarianism in American history was to set its seal on the civil rights movement.

    Philocrites: Rick Warren, newly ascended establishmentarian. 2008

  • “Evolutionism” has tried to become an establishmentarianism institution, though lacks the fundamental scientific basis for reality and credibility, despite repeated religious fervor by individuals who want to distance themselves from their fellow humans, for their own self-seeking purposes.

    Tangled Bank #71 - The Panda's Thumb 2007

  • Golden's tale is steeped in the ambiance of classic 1950's _Galaxy_ magazine, an editorial venue which, for good or ill, created such a strong template for a certain kind of SF storytelling that even now, fifty years after that magazine's heyday, we are still seeing new iterations of _Galaxy_'s trademark blend of social satire, irreverent anti-establishmentarianism, and pseudo-hardboiled narration.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

  • "It is almost impossible to believe and downright sickening to accept that in light of the clear mandate of the tea party that the GOP stands on the cusp of returning to 'establishmentarianism,'"

    ABC News: Top Stories 2012

  • National Review for its 2008 endorsement, which they see as proof of the magazine's supposed liberal establishmentarianism.

    Forbes.com: News Avik Roy 2012

  • Nor am I such a sycophantic admirer of the Reformed establishmentarianism that I disavow any admiration of, or any spiritual kinship to, many of our Anabaptist forbears.

    Pensees 2009

  • Langford is well aware of the irony - or what could be spun as 21st Century anti-establishmentarianism - of a punk band still making music 30 years on.

    Tourdates Unsigned Chart 2009

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