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What is largest word in English?

This is a bit of a trick question! There's no single "largest" word in English, depending on what you mean by "largest":

* Longest by letter count: This title goes to "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis", a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust. It has 45 letters!

* Longest by syllable count: The winner here is "floccinaucinihilipilification", meaning "the act of estimating something as worthless." It has 29 syllables.

* Longest by definition: The word "antidisestablishmentarianism", which is the opposition to the separation of church and state, takes the crown.

So, the answer depends on your criteria!

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