Is Floccinaucinihilipilification the longest word?

Often cited as the longest non-technical word in the English language, being one letter longer than the commonly cited antidisestablishmentarianism. It is the longest word ever recorded by Hansard after Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg used the word in Parliament on 21 February 2012.
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What is the 1st longest word in the world?

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word entered in the most trusted English dictionaries. The definition is "a lung disease caused by inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust."
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Is Antidisestablishmentarianism still the longest word?

If you said antidisestablishmentarianism, you're wrong. The longest word in the Merriam-Webster.com dictionary is currently acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, which refers to "a tough rigid plastic used especially for automobile parts and building materials," also helpfully known as ABS.
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What are the 5 longest words?

10 Longest Words in the English Language
  1. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) ...
  2. Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (36 letters) ...
  3. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (34 letters) ...
  4. Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) ...
  5. Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters)
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What word is 189819 letters long?

1. methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylalanyl…isoleucine. You'll notice there's an ellipsis here, and that's because this word, in total, is 189,819 letters long, and it's the chemical name for the largest known protein, titin.
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What is the longest F word?

floccinaucinihilipilification (29).
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What is the longest Japanese word?

It is read as “toragahitowokamoutosurutokinounarigoe”. It is 37 letters long and is comprised of 18 syllables. It is a very odd word, as it is defined as “the growl a tiger makes when it is about to about to bit someone”.
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Is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious the longest word in history?

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is a real word but is not the longest word in the dictionary. Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is the longest word in the dictionary.
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Is Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia the 2nd longest word?

Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is a phobia, meaning the fear of long words, ironically, it is a long word itself. The phobia isn't considered an actual phobia, but more of a social phobia. This is the second longest word in the English language. Another word for the phobia is Sesquipedalophobia.
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Is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu the longest word in the world?

Place with the Longest Single Word in the World

The place with the longest single word is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. At 85 letters, this Māori name for a hill in New Zealand is often truncated to Taumata.
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What is the longest word in English 190 000?

The longest English word is also the longest word in the world, with almost 190,000 letters. It is the chemical name for titin, the largest protein known. The longest word in the English dictionary however, is the 45-letter word "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis", which refers to a lung disease.
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What word has 52 letters?

In the 17th century, Dr. Edward Strother coined the 52-letter word aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic. The word is used to describe the spa waters in Bath, England.
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What word has 182 letters?

Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano… pterygon (182 letters, 78 syllables) This candidate for the longest word in the world originated from a Greek play written by Aristophanes in 391 BC.
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What is the 183 letter word in English?

The longest word in the English language, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, won primary school speller Jemimah Elise Sampson, the East Coast Radio's Last Kid Standing title, as seen in the video below published by the East Coast Radio.
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What does lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano pterygon mean?

Lopadotemachoselachogaleokranioleipsano...pterygon. 183. A fictional dish of food. Longest word coined by a major author, the longest word ever to appear in literature. Contrived nonce word; not in dictionary; Ancient Greek transliteration.
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What are the 20 longest words in English?

Longest Word in English: Check the List of Longest English Words
  • Aequeosalinocalcalinoceraceoaluminosocupreovitriolic. ...
  • Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. ...
  • Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. ...
  • Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. ...
  • Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism. ...
  • Floccinaucinihilipilification.
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What are the longest Russian words?

Most likely one of the longest Russian words is a chemical term, тетрагидропиранилциклопентилтетрагидропиридопиридиновая (tetragidropiranilciklopentiltetragidropiridopiridinovaya), which contains 55 letters. It was used in Russian patent RU2285004C2 (granted and published in 2006).
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What is the 4 longest word in the world?

Here's how Merriam-Webster defines the ten longest words in the English language.
  • Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (45 letters) ...
  • Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism (30 letters) ...
  • Floccinaucinihilipilification (29 letters) ...
  • Honorificabilitudinitatibus (27 letters) ...
  • Thyroparathyroidectomized (25 letters)
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What is the longest Korean word?

The longest word in Korean is 청자양인각연당초상감모란문은구대접. It is 17 syllable blocks – which doesn't look very long to anyone who doesn't read Korea. But it has 46 Hangul letters – so that's pretty long! It describes a kind of ceramic bowl.
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Is Japanese harder than Korean?

This makes learning Korean much easier than Japanese. Japanese has 46 letters in its alphabet. Meanwhile, Korean only has 24. If you're looking for which is easier to learn between Korean or Japanese, Korean wins this round too.
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What is the longest word in the world smiles?

Q: What is the longest word in the English language? A: "Smiles". Because there is a mile between its first and last letters!
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What's the D word?

(euphemistic) The word douche or douchebag.
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What does the M word mean?

The "M" word is a demeaning slur for a person who has dwarfism. Dwarfism is the result of a medical condition. The "M" word originates from the oppression and exploitation of people with dwarfism in "freak shows" of the mid 1800s.
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Was the F word used in the 1800s?

According to lexicographer and linguist Jesse Sheidlower in his book The F-Word (1995), the common usage of the word as we know it today was established by the mid-19th century, and has been fairly present in the English lexicon since.
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