Interesting concept. From a post to
anthropologist (where it's for discussion):
... dictionaries co-evolved with the sharp border distinctions of the nation-state (languages used to merge into eachother), and a strong power is held over our heads by way of how concepts are defined. the inability to define the words one uses to think with and speak with is dangerous to free thought.
... dictionaries co-evolved with the sharp border distinctions of the nation-state (languages used to merge into eachother), and a strong power is held over our heads by way of how concepts are defined. the inability to define the words one uses to think with and speak with is dangerous to free thought.