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+ arbritrariness of the definition of a name.
A dictionary definition is an explanation of that which a word signifies, according to the word's common usage or its [[etymology]].<ref name=p78/>
A dictionary definition is an explanation of that which a word signifies, according to the word's common usage or its [[etymology]].<ref name=p78/>
A definition of a name is ''arbitrary''; it can choose one narrower definition of a word extracted from a broader commonly used definition, assign a word an analogous meaning, give a word an entirely new meaning, or even apply itself to an entirely new word. The ideas employed in a definition of a thing on the other hand are not arbitrary but must apply themselves to comprehending their object and to the extent that they fail to do so, they must be redetermined.<ref name=p78/>
==References==
==References==