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| − | [http://www.m-w.com Merriam-Webster] is the leading [[dictionary]] in [[America]], and the descendant of [[Noah Webster]]'s dictionaries.
| + | '''Merriam-Webster''' is the leading [[dictionary]] in [[America]], and the descendant of [[Noah Webster]]'s dictionaries. |
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| | However, it has many errors and biases: | | However, it has many errors and biases: |
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| | *The date for [[eminent domain]] is incorrect: 1883. The term was used as early as 1125{{fact}}. | | *The date for [[eminent domain]] is incorrect: 1883. The term was used as early as 1125{{fact}}. |
| − | *The date and description of [[pogrom]] is not precisely correct. Merriam-Webster provides a date of 1903 and calls it an organized [[massacre]] of helpless people. [[Pogrom]] is a [[Yiddish]] term used in [[Russian]] beginning in the late 1800s to describe an organized campaign of [[violence]] (not always a "massacre") against [[Jewish]] people in [[Russia]]. | + | *The date and description of [[pogrom]] is not precisely correct. Merriam-Webster provides a date of 1903 and calls it an organized [[massacre]] of helpless people. Pogrom is a [[Yiddish]] term used in [[Russian]] beginning in the late 1800s to describe an organized campaign of [[violence]] (not always a "massacre") against [[Jewish]] people in [[Russia]]. |
| − | *The entry for [[Yiddish]] is too narrow in describing it as only a [[language]] of Jewish residents and descendants of central and eastern [[Europe]]. Yiddish is spoken worldwide. | + | *The entry for Yiddish is too narrow in describing it as only a [[language]] of Jewish residents and descendants of central and eastern [[Europe]]. Yiddish is spoken worldwide. |
| | *[[Capital]] is poorly defined as accumulated goods, or the value of those goods, or net worth. It is more commonly used to mean [[liquid assets]] such as [[cash]], [[stocks]], [[bonds]] that can be easily used to acquire [[goods]] and [[services]]. | | *[[Capital]] is poorly defined as accumulated goods, or the value of those goods, or net worth. It is more commonly used to mean [[liquid assets]] such as [[cash]], [[stocks]], [[bonds]] that can be easily used to acquire [[goods]] and [[services]]. |
| | *The definition of [[group theory]] uses "group" to define itself. Worse, the definition is so vague as to be useless ("finding all [[mathematics|mathematical]] groups and determining their properties"). | | *The definition of [[group theory]] uses "group" to define itself. Worse, the definition is so vague as to be useless ("finding all [[mathematics|mathematical]] groups and determining their properties"). |