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Do people widely understand that words mean different things within different domains of study?

For example…

In philosophical context anti- means the opposition to an idea’s validity, eg anti-nuclear. But in physical science it means the inverse of something and not that the thing is wrong. eg anti-neutrons.

These word meaning differences in the English language are many, and often very subtle but can lead to enormous fake disagreement in the wild.

People are often in agreement but interpreting one another’s words differently and wnd up fighting disputes that simply don’t exist.

A useful thing to remember, especially at home.

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xiangcai 2y ago

and vise versa-

all nation states call themselves democracy;

all nation states call their opponents authoritarian

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