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[–]soundsituation 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Why does the headings use "decolonize"? You can't even colonize beliefs, just countries. Is there some sort of separate sociological definition which includes beliefs and political movements and studies?

When woke people use that word it means removing white and western influence from basically anything you can conceive of.

It originated in postmodern philosophy but it's been adopted by sociologists and activists.

[–]MarkTwainiac 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

An infamous video from South Africa about "decolonizing science" was making the rounds a couple of years ago:

https://youtu.be/C9SiRNibD14

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I was wondering if that's the case. It's a stupid way to use the word.

It originated in postmodern philosophy but it's been adopted by sociologists and activists.

It's this type of crap why I can't take any of the "soft science" fields (or whatever these studies are categorised into) seriously. Why not just come up with a completely different word that doesn't change the meaning of an already existing word? The "harder sciences" manage to come up with words when they want to describe a relationship between one thing to another and that word properly captures it.

Example:

Neuropathophysiology - refers to pathophysiological conditions that affect the nervous system.

I can understand what that term relates to and what kind area of study of the nervous system without studying the nervous system, I even figured it out without even needing to look up the word.

[–]MarkTwainiac 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's also neuro-ophthalmology, neuroimmunology, psychoneuroimmunology, neurodermatology, neuro-hematology and neuropsychopharmacology.

I know this coz I've had medical reasons for needing to see specialists in each field.

[–]soundsituation 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Why not just come up with a completely different word that doesn't change the meaning of an already existing word?

I honestly think they want people to be confused. Using doublespeak allows them to pull off a Motte & Bailey.

[–]TheOnyxGoddess 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I hate people who misuse the English language (or try to change it to make it more "progressive" or "woke").