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'''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.
  
However, it has many errors and biases:
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However, it has many errors and biases. Here are a few examples:
  
*The date for [[eminent domain]] is incorrect: 1738.<ref>http://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>
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*The 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>
*The description of [[pogrom]] is not precisely correct.  Merriam-Webster 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]].
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*The entry for Yiddish is too narrow in describing it as a [[language]] of Jewish residents and descendants of only central and eastern [[Europe]].  Yiddish is spoken worldwide.
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*[[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]].
 
*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>
 
*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>
 
*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>
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*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.
 
*It gives the following liberal example of use of the term "force-feed": "force-feed students with the classics."<ref>1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 455.</ref>
 
*It gives the following liberal example of use of the term "force-feed": "force-feed students with the classics."<ref>1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 455.</ref>
*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>http://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]].
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*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]].
  
 
Merriam-Webster uses a disproportionate number of examples from [[liberal]] publications, such as the ''[[New York Times]]'', for illustrating how terms are used.
 
Merriam-Webster uses a disproportionate number of examples from [[liberal]] publications, such as the ''[[New York Times]]'', for illustrating how terms are used.
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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==
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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.
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==External links==
 
*[http://www.m-w.com Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary]
 
*[http://www.m-w.com Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary]
  

Revision as of 18:28, September 26, 2018

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

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

  • The date for eminent domain is incorrect: 1738.[1] The term dominium eminens was used as early as 1625.[2]
  • 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.[3]
  • It gives the following liberal example of use of the derogatory term "hell-bent": "hell-bent to cut taxes again."[4]
  • 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.
  • It gives the following liberal example of use of the term "force-feed": "force-feed students with the classics."[5]
  • 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,"[6] actually hijacking conservative values and concealing how liberals demand taxpayer-funded abortion, same-sex marriage, and censorship of classroom prayer.

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

References

  1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eminent%20domain
  2. American Jurispudence, 26, Second Edition, (Rochester, NY: Lawyers Corporation)
  3. See Essay:Best New Conservative Words.
  4. 1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 539 (quoting the New Republic, a liberal publication).
  5. 1994 edition of Merriam-Webster, p. 455.
  6. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liberalism