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[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

The inconsistency is that you are claiming that definitions don’t exist, rather words are defined as any assortment of ideas any number of people may have, regardless of how related or unrelated those ideas may be.

You have claimed woman means whatever any individual says it means. Is an adult female giraffe a woman or not? It must be according to your methods because I have claimed so.

[–]rubberdubberd00 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

I never claimed that definitions don't exist. But yes, I believe that words are defined based on how people use them, and each person is going to have a slightly different understanding of the meaning of any one word.

You seem to be mixing up meaning and definition. If you have learnt a version of the word "woman" by which an adult female giraffe is a woman then you are not wrong to use the word this way, but this would not change the definition of the word unless there was a significant group of people or contexts in which the word was used this way.

You have claimed woman means whatever any individual says it means

Again, no, I haven't.

If you just claim that the word "woman" means that, that does nothing at all. What you say has no influence whatsoever on the meaning of a word.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Meaning and definition are the same thing babes

[–]rubberdubberd00 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

A definition is a statement about the meaning of a word.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

Ergo, a definition is the meaning of a word….

[–]rubberdubberd00 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Nope.

When someone says a sentence, they mean the whole sentence. You don't get to just pick out the words you like and pretend that that's what they said.

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Sentences are not all definitions..you’re being ridiculous

[–]rubberdubberd00 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Um.. what? Where did "sentences are all definitions" come from? Did you misread my comment?

[–]HouseplantWomen who disagree with QT are a different sex 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

From you thinking a meaning and a definition are two things, one being a sentence about the other.

Nobody is picking parts of definitions to suit them except TRA.

How do you think definitions are written? With short statements offering commentary on each definition?

Or something closer to this.. Cat: An animal of the feline order.

What statement is being made about a definition there?

[–]rubberdubberd00 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I said that a definition is a statement about a definition of a word. I did not say that all statements (or sentences) are definitions. Not all statements are about the meanings of words.

I honestly don't know what the rest of your comment is getting at. I didn't accuse you of picking parts of definitions and I don't know what you think I think about how definitions are written that leads you to make the following comments. As to:

What statement is being made about a definition there?

This is a statement about the meaning of the word Cat.