{"id":1587145,"date":"2022-08-03T13:17:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T17:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587145"},"modified":"2022-08-03T13:17:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T17:17:35","slug":"newspeak-how-merriam-webster-is-redefining-words-to-fit-a-leftist-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newspeak-how-merriam-webster-is-redefining-words-to-fit-a-leftist-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"Newspeak: How Merriam-Webster Is Redefining Words To Fit A Leftist Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnewspeak-how-merriam-webster-is-redefining-words-to-fit-a-leftist-agenda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587145&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>As the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/treasury-sec-yellen-us-economy-isnt-necessarily-headed-for-a-recession-might-not-meet-the-technical-definition\">redefines the word \u201crecession\u201d<\/a> to avoid being in one, it appears the editors of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/\">Merriam-Webster<\/a> dictionary have also engaged in a rewrite of the English language. According to a Daily Wire analysis, Merriam-Webster is modifying words and phrases to comport with far-left sensibilities.<\/p>\n<p>The computer analysis compared the current dictionary with one from January 2020 \u2013 just predating the COVID pandemic and the rush of protests driven by Black Lives Matter.\u00a0Here\u2019s a sample of newly added abbreviations, words, and redefinitions from the first handful of letters in the alphabet:<\/p>\n<p>Added: AAL, African American Language or African \u200bAmerican \u200bEnglish: \u201ca variety of American English spoken chiefly by African Americans. Like all other dialects of English, with their own histories of how they came to be, African American English (AAE) is a systematic and complete language that operates under a set of rules.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added: AAPI, \u201cAsian American and Pacific Islander.<\/p>\n<p>Added: AFAB, \u201cassigned female at birth,\u201d as in \u201cnot everyone who is assigned female at birth (AFAB) identifies as a girl.\u201d Also AMAB.<\/p>\n<p>Added: anti-vaccination, with negative examples. anti-vaxxer was lengthened with more negative examples. \u201cBut state health officials and vaccine proponents have argued that unvaccinated children pose a health risk to others.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>binary was changed to add this example usage: \u201cSam Kilermann, a self-described \u2018social justice comedian,\u2019 is very serious about how far the complexities of identity go beyond the traditional binary of male or female.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added BIPOC: \u201cBlack, Indigenous, (and) People of Color\u2026\u00a0 People are using the term to acknowledge that not all people of color face equal levels of injustice. They say BIPOC is significant in recognizing that Black and Indigenous people are severely impacted by systemic racial injustices.\u201c<\/p>\n<p><strong>bible:<\/strong> All references to figures in the Bible, such as Eve, were rewritten to clarify that they were \u201cin the Bible,\u201d instead of assuming familiarity.<\/p>\n<p>black: It is now \u201cwidely established\u201d that the word should be capitalized when referring to race, though white generally is not.<\/p>\n<p>black nationalist made a similar change, going from \u201cadvocat[ing] separatism\u201d to \u201cempower[ing] Black people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Black Panther transformed from \u201ca member of an organization of militant American blacks\u201d to \u201ca member of a Black revolutionary organization that fought for racial equality and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>blackness was added to refer to \u201cthe social and cultural identity and experience of black people\u201d such as <em>\u201cI, on the other hand, feel it is my blackness (not my skin color so much as the culture that nurtured me) that causes me to open myself, acknowledge my soul and its varied components\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cexploring Blackness and gender identity within fine art.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>boost can now mean now only to \u201csteal, shoplift\u201d but also \u201cto administer a booster shot.\u201d It contains the sample sentence <em>\u201cMr. Biden \u2026 pleaded with Americans to get vaccinated or boosted.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>boy changed from \u201can immature male\u201d to \u201ca child whose gender identity is male\u201d and added the sample sentence \u201cCall Me Max and other books in the series are about a young trans boy figuring out who he is.\u201d Boy may also refer to \u201ca male romantic partner,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<p>brother can now mean \u201ca Black boy or man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added cancel \u200bculture: \u201cthe practice or tendency of engaging in mass canceling as a way of expressing disapproval and exerting social pressure. For those of you who aren\u2019t aware, cancel culture refers to the mass withdrawal of support from public figures or celebrities who have done things that aren\u2019t socially accepted today.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>classism went from \u201cprejudice or discrimination based on class\u201d to a lengthy section involving \u201ca belief that a person\u2019s social or economic station in society determines their value in that society,\u201d such as \u201cthe show explores classism and white privilege by comparing how school administrators treated him, as a rich white boy from a family with Ivy League pedigree, versus how they treat Latina and working-class Moe.\u201d Or \u201cthe systemic oppression of the lower class and middle class to the advantage of the upper class,\u201d such as \u201cThis is one way to dismantle the power difference society\u2019s privileges grant us through such institutions as racism or classism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>colonialism went from a brief definition referencing the British Empire to a borderline essay explaining that it is \u201cSometimes considered to encompass non-state forms of influence and domination.\u201d colonize swelled from 53 words to 353 to accommodate new definitions and examples like \u201cBefore colonizing the artistic and intellectual work of Black people, white people should ask themselves questions such as, how can I contribute to this Black person\u2019s wellbeing? Am I studying this work for the explicit purpose of Black liberation?\u201c<\/p>\n<p>color-blind went from the positive \u201cnot influenced by differences of race\u201d to \u201coften suggests a failure or refusal to acknowledge or address the many racial inequities that exist in society, or to acknowledge important aspects of racial identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>come out now includes \u201copenly declare one\u2019s sexual orientation or gender identity,\u201d such as \u201ccame out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Biden administration redefines the word \u201crecession\u201d to avoid being in one, it appears the editors of the Merriam-Webster dictionary have also engaged in a rewrite of the English language. According to a Daily Wire analysis, Merriam-Webster is modifying words and phrases to comport with far-left sensibilities. 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