stato-, stat-, sta-, -static, -stasi, staso-, -stasis, -stasia, -stacy, -stitute, -stitution, -sist

A reference to all conversation, writing, and argument that bases itself on theoretical principles, positions, political persuasions, on statistics devoid of the heart, voice, or poetry, or ideology rather than experience.

It includes the new "isms" that, in the name of statistics and theory, stereotype and group, erase particular characteristics into the inevitable and necessary fall from grace implied in "average", "norm", and "mean" as measurable by sociological, psychological, and scientific instruments and categories.

The word comes from abstract meaning disembodied, divorced from the palpable world of our senses plus statistic.

1. A dirigible, balloon, or other aircraft that is lifted and sustained by virtue of one or more containers filled with a gas lighter than air.
2. Any of a proposed system of satellites for use in air traffic control and maritime navigation.
3. In biology, an air sac in an insect body or in the bones of a birds.

Relating to air and other gases in equilibrium.

1. The branch of aeromechanics that deals with the equilibrium of air or other gases, and with the equilibrium of solid bodies; such as, aerostats, floating in air, or other gases.
2. The science of aircraft that are lighter than air; for example, dirigibles and balloons.

Properly, opposition to the disestablishment of the Church of England. Popularly cited as an example of a long word.