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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Often doesn't leave much time for debate, or becomes the debate.

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@bathwin That's what I'm objecting to. Find out what the other person means by a word. Don't spend hours telling them what they should mean -
Give them racism and talk about racial prejudice instead? They want the ism coz it comes with an ist, much worse.
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I accept the definition of the person I'm talking to. I'm objecting to them not doing so & shutting down convo with semantics.
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I see what you mean but also shuts off debate when you both accept each others different definitions of what you're discussing.
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For the purpose of the conversation! eg 'You're calling 'racism' what I'd call 'institutional racism' Lets discuss it now.
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Then this form of racism can be discussed. If you want to have a convo specifically abt definitions of racism, obv can do this.
End of conversation
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