Antiestablishmentarianism
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Antiestablishmentarianism (or anti-establishmentarianism) is a policy or attitude that views a nation's power structure as corrupt, repressive, exploitive, etc.
Antiestablishmentarians adhere to the doctrine of opposition to the social and political establishment. Their purpose is to subvert from within. This doctrine holds that establishments lose connection with the people and have their own agendas which frequently destroy the things they blindly don't address.
Antiestablishmentarianism has ties to anarchism but should not be confused with antifederalism or antifeudalism.
In a country with an established religion (e.g. England), "Antiestablishmentarianism" means support for the end of the special status of the established religion. In the 1800s, some English people opposed a movement to disestablish as the church exclusively recognized by the government as the official religion of the country. That countermovement was Antidisestablishmentarianism. Antidisestablishmentarianism is believed in pop culture to be the longest word in the English language, especially in spelling bees, but it is exceeded by several others.
