If you find that a word is so 'commonly misused' that leading dictionaries get it wrong, its possible ur definition is not commonly accepted
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I know I keep saying this but trying to take away the words ppl use to describe the problem they want to discuss doesn't help anything.
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It's a common misconception that dictionaries exist to dictate language use and meaning, rather than to record it.
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@bathwin Dictionaries are useful to show what commonly understood meanings are. Cannot be used to prove what other ppl really mean. -
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@bathwin 'I'm using 'racism' according to a social science definition which includes power.' 'OK, but I was using standard one' -
ahh, yes, 'black people can't be racist because racism is power and...' 'but thats not what the word means' argument
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its so common, and so recent, that I wonder whether there's a standard text used on such courses that espouses this?
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...and its so utterly unhelpful that I do worry about why anyone would choose to teach from such a text.
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