disaffiliate

[dis-uh-fil-ee-eyt]

dis·af·fil·i·ate

[dis-uh-fil-ee-eyt] verb, dis·af·fil·i·at·ed, dis·af·fil·i·at·ing.
verb (used with object)
1.
to sever affiliation with; disassociate: He disaffiliated himself from the political group he had once led.
verb (used without object)
2.
to sever an affiliation.

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Disaffiliate has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
given to using long words.

Origin:
1865–70; dis-1 + affiliate

dis·af·fil·i·a·tion, noun
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disaffiliate (ˌdɪsəˈfɪlɪˌeɪt)
 
vb
to sever an affiliation (with); dissociate
 
disaffili'ation
 
n

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