• Peaty@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    First you didn’t not include a definition. Second, dictionaries aren’t authoritative sources but rather descriptive ones. If you need that explained to you then you are ill equipped for any academic discussion.

    • NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social
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      You are right I did forget here you go.

      Dictionary
      Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more
      ter·ror·ist
      noun
      a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
      “four commercial aircraft were hijacked by terrorists”
      Similar:
      bomber
      arsonist
      incendiary
      gunman
      assassin
      desperado
      hijacker
      revolutionary
      radical
      guerrilla
      urban guerrilla
      subversive
      anarchist
      freedom fighter
      insurrectionist
      insurrectionary
      adjective
      unlawfully using violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
      “a terrorist organization”

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        1 year ago

        You’ll note nowhere on that list of synonyms are terms used for militaries. That’s not by accident. It’s because national militaries aren’t terrorist groups.

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      Correct. There is no authority in language except French. So your pedantic arguments are also flawed. Your own argument works against you

      • Peaty@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        There is also ones for other languages.

        Regardless the point is a dictionary does not define words but rather describes how they are used. Even if it covered national militaries, which it does not, it wouldn’t support your claim. In fact it would be an “appeal to authority”

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          1 year ago

          Sorry, what is called the Lingua Franca? I missed which part you’re referencing

          I only made the French comment because the French government has an official entity granted the authority to define the official French language.

          • NoIWontPickaName@kbin.social
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            The lingua Franca is the main tongue used in the world at the time. It’s called that because it used to be French, now it’s English.

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