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What is some long English word?

Here are some long English words, with varying degrees of common usage:

Very Long Words (Often Used in Specific Fields):

* Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: A lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust (58 letters).

* Floccinaucinihilipilification: The act of estimating something as worthless (29 letters).

* Antidisestablishmentarianism: Opposition to the separation of church and state (28 letters).

* Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism: A rare genetic disorder that affects calcium metabolism (26 letters).

Moderately Long Words (More Common)

* Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: A nonsensical word used in the movie "Mary Poppins" (34 letters).

* Incomprehensibilities: The state of being impossible to understand (20 letters).

* Electroencephalography: The process of recording brain activity (23 letters).

* Unconstitutionality: The state of being against the constitution (20 letters).

Bonus:

* Longest Word in the Oxford English Dictionary: "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" (45 letters)

* Longest Word in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary: "floccinaucinihilipilification" (29 letters)

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