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Line 1: − + − − The date for "[[eminent domain]]" is incorrect: 1883. The term was used as early as 1125, and means the government seizure of private property for public benefit, such as to build a [[courthouse]], [[highway]] or [[shopping mall]].<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/26/60minutes/main575343.shtml</ref> − − 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. − − "[[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"). + + + + + − +
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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.
[http://www.m-w.com Merriam-Webster] is the leading [[dictionary]] in [[America]], and the descendant of [[Noah Webster]]'s dictionaries.
However, it has many errors and biases. Please add to this list as you discover more:
However, it has many errors and biases:
*The date for "[[eminent domain]]" is incorrect: 1883. The term was used as early as 1125, and means the government seizure of private property for public benefit, such as to build a [[courthouse]], [[highway]] or [[shopping mall]].<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/09/26/60minutes/main575343.shtml</ref>
*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.
*[[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").
For a criticism of the dictionary treatment of the "Common Era," see [[CE]].
For a criticism of the dictionary treatment of the "Common Era," see [[CE]].
==External Links==
==External Links==
http://www.m-w.com
*[http://www.m-w.com Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary]
==References==
==References==