• bc93@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    anarchism 1: a political theory holding all forms of governmental authority to be unnecessary and undesirable and advocating a society based on voluntary cooperation and free association of individuals and groups 2: the advocacy or practice of anarchistic principles

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anarchism

    Not sure why you’re so obsessed with the dictionary. Is it some kind of kink or something? x

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      5 months ago

      Your definition doesn’t sound like something with lots of rules…

      Not sure why you’re so obsessed with the dictionary.

      You mean the thing that establishes a common understanding of the meaning of words? Seems pretty important to me 🤷

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          5 months ago

          You’re correct. The encyclopedia would be the wrong resource for this type of discussion.

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        5 months ago

        Arguing based on dictionary definitions is like, a meme. It’s like those facebook memes with the horribly written maths problems. The dictionary definition of a word will never capture the full nuanced meaning of the term. Arguing about it is pure pedantry.