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I am assuming that if 5,000 words are added each century, 500 would be added per decade in an arithmetic growth model.  If conservative thought is taking over the hearts and minds of English speaking people, one would expect the ratio of conservative words/total English vocabulary to grow, not just the absolute number of conservative words to grow. (This is an illustration; I would need to have actual statistics on dictionary sizes through history to plot the two effects over time.) Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 23:44, 12 September 2013 (EDT)
 
I am assuming that if 5,000 words are added each century, 500 would be added per decade in an arithmetic growth model.  If conservative thought is taking over the hearts and minds of English speaking people, one would expect the ratio of conservative words/total English vocabulary to grow, not just the absolute number of conservative words to grow. (This is an illustration; I would need to have actual statistics on dictionary sizes through history to plot the two effects over time.) Thanks, [[User:Wschact|Wschact]] 23:44, 12 September 2013 (EDT)
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:I welcome the criticism and doubts.  But I think, upon reflection, that conservative terminology is expected to grow exponentially due to how conservatism is connected more closely to logic than liberalism is.  How often are liberal terms of the 1960s used today?  Not much, nor would one expect the self-centered liberal wording to grow over time, as selfless conservative terms do.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 13:37, 13 September 2013 (EDT)
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