departmentalism

[dih-pahrt-men-tl-iz-uhm, dee-pahrt-]

de·part·men·tal·ism

[dih-pahrt-men-tl-iz-uhm, dee-pahrt-]
noun
1.
division into departments, as in a university.
2.
advocacy of or partiality for such division.

Origin:
1885–90; departmental + -ism
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Departmentalism has a plethora of syllables.
So is antidisestablishmentarianism. Does it mean:
opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
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departmentalism (ˌdiːpɑːtˈmɛntəˌlɪzəm)
 
n
division into departments, esp when resulting in impaired efficiency

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