The English word antidisestablishmentarianism is notable for its unusual length of 28 letters and 12 syllables, and is one of the longest words in the English language.[1] While it has been cited as the longest word in the English language—excluding coined and technical terms—the longest word in the English language has been identified, regardless of word type, is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis".[1][2] The word became known in the public realm in the United States via a popular television show in the 1950s, The $64,000 Question, when a young contestant correctly spelled it to win. A slightly longer, but less commonly accepted, variant of the word can be found in the Duke Ellington song "You're Just an Old Antidisestablishmentarianismist;" although, the correct construction of the word used in the song should be "antidisestablishmentarianist" (without the "ism"), or "antidisestablishmentarian."[3] The word is also used by Eminem in his song "Almost Famous."[4] Meaning[edit] Further information: Antidisestablishmentarianism Antidisestablishmentarianism is a political position that originated in 19th-century Britain. The position opposes proposals to remove the Anglican Church's status as the state church of England, Ireland, and Wales. Construction of the word[edit] The word construction is as follows (the numbers succeeding the word refer to the number of letters in the word): establish (9) to set up, put in place, or institute (originally from the Latin stare, to stand) dis-establish (12) to end the established status of a body, in particular a church, given such status by law, such as the Church of England disestablish-ment (16) the separation of church and state (specifically in this context it is the political movement of the 1860s in Britain) anti-disestablishment (20) opposition to disestablishment antidisestablishment-ary (23) of or pertaining to opposition to disestablishment antidisestablishmentari-an (25) an opponent of disestablishment antidisestablishmentarian-ism (28) the movement or ideology that opposes disestablishment J. E. Littlewood pointed out that the word is all "form" apart from the Latin stem sto.[5]