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[–]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.

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

The statement is the definition…. How do you not get this?

I didn’t accuse you of picking either, unless you are trans rights activism personified.

If what I used as a definition of cat is a statement about the definition, what is the definition of a cat?

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

The statement is the definition…. How do you not get this?

Yes, that's exactly the point I made, remember:

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

Is what I said earlier

I didn’t accuse you of picking either

Yes, I know.

If what I used as a definition of cat is a statement about the definition, what is the definition of a cat?

I didn't say it was a statement about the definition, I said it was a statement about the meaning of the word cat.