Ideas that are named by adversaries rather than adherents seem to be generally endure longer. Slur names don’t count. Capitalism Neoliberalism Allopathy (mainstream medicine, named by homeopaths) India (named by Persians/Greeks) Cultural Marxism Intellectual Darkweb (new today)
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Replying to @typhoonjim @diachronist
It’s not common now, but it was a common term back in the day when homeopathy had not yet been discredited and was briefly first among equals in the alt medicine world.
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Replying to @typhoonjim @diachronist
Even in Hindi, the Urdu/Persian Hindustan is more common than Bharat. And of course Hindu/Hindi are also Persian names 
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