What are the longest words in the English language?
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The longest words in the dictionary are:
- antidisestablishmentarianism - opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England - 28 letters.
- floccinaucinihilipilification - the estimation of something as worthless - 29 letters.
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis - a supposed lung disease - 45 letters.
Considering this, what are the 10 longest words in the English language?
10 Longest Words in the English Language
- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters)
- Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters)
- Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters)
- Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters)
- Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)
- Antidisestablishmentarianism (28 letters)
Also to know is, what is the longest word in the English language 2019?
The longest word in any of the major English language dictionaries is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, a word that refers to a lung disease contracted from the inhalation of very fine silica particles, specifically from a volcano; medically, it is the same as silicosis.
It's a nonsense word made famous from a song of the same name in the 1964 Mary Poppins film. It has an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary: A nonsense word, originally used esp. by children, and typically expressing excited approbation: fantastic, fabulous.