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'''Merriam-Webster''' is the leading [[dictionary]] in [[America]], and the descendant of [[Noah Webster]]'s dictionaries.

Today it has many errors and biases. Here are a few examples:

*It redefined "female" to include men who merely say they are female.
*It changed the definition of "[[vaccine]]" to accommodate the [[CDC]]'s agenda for the [[COVID vaccine]]. On Feb 5, 2021, the definition was: “a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms, that is administered to produce or artificially to increase immunity to a particular disease.” As of Feb 6, a “vaccine” is: “a preparation that is administered…to stimulate the body’s immune response against a specific infectious disease…. (b) a preparation of genetic material (such as a strand of synthesized messenger RNA) that is used by the cells of the body to produce an antigenic substance (such as a fragment of virus spike protein).” In fact, the [[COVID vaccine]]s genetically modified biologic agents, and “are vaccines only by a socially modified definition.”<ref>https://aapsonline.org/aaps-news-march-2021-going-viral/</ref>
*It immediately caved into the [[homosexual agenda]] by adding "offensive" to its definition of "sexual preference," based on a rant by [[liberal]] [[Senator]] [[Mazie Hirono]] against judicial nominee [[Amy Barrett]]'s use of the term.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/merriam-webster-changed-definition-sexual-preference-barrett-hearing</ref>
*It uses examples having [[liberal bias]], such as (for "fiat") the following:  "According to the [[Bible]], the world was created by fiat."<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fiat</ref> and (for "force-feed") this: "force-feed students with the classics."<ref>1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 455.</ref> 
*"[[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]].
*Merriam-Webster resists including new [[conservative]] terms, such as [[judicial activism]], which dates back to 1947 and has been repeatedly used by the U.S. Supreme Court since 1967, yet is still not included by Merriam-Webster.<ref>See [[Essay:Best New Conservative Words]].</ref>
*It gives the following liberal example of use of the derogatory term "hell-bent": "hell-bent to cut taxes again."<ref>1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 539 (quoting the ''New Republic'', a liberal publication).</ref>
*Merriam-Webster also omitted the term the "[[invisible hand]]" until the late 1990s, although the term has been in popular use since shortly after its introduction by [[Adam Smith]].  In contrast, new liberal terms are quickly added; for example "green-collar" was added in 2009 only three years after it came into common use.
*The definition of [[liberalism]] as pertaining to politics that is overtly biased towards [[liberal]] perceptions of their "good deeds" states: "a political philosophy based on belief in progress, the essential goodness of the human race, and the autonomy of the individual and standing for the protection of political and civil liberties,"<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberalism</ref> actually hijacking [[conservative]] values and concealing how liberals demand taxpayer-funded [[abortion]], same-sex marriage, and [[censorship]] of [[classroom prayer]].
*Its date for [[eminent domain]] is incorrect: 1738.<ref>https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eminent%20domain</ref>  The term ''dominium eminens'' was used as early as 1625.<ref>[http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-4744152149731401/unrestricted/CONCLS.PDF American Jurispudence, 26, Second Edition, (Rochester, NY: Lawyers Corporation)]</ref>

Merriam-Webster uses a disproportionate number of examples from [[liberal]] publications, such as the ''[[New York Times]]'', for illustrating how terms are used.

For a criticism of the dictionary treatment of the "Common Era," see [[CE]].

For its 2014 edition, the dictionary included frivolous entires such as "selfie," and "hashtag," which shows a decline in competent literacy in the English language and the influence of the increasingly uneducated, liberal, and vain millennial online culture.

==External links==
*[http://www.m-w.com Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary]

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