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New Change in Definition of ‘Woman’ in Cambridge Dictionary

&NewLine;<p>Liberalism’s new obsession with redefining genders has already started finding its way into the books as one of the world’s most consulted dictionaries has changed the definition of &OpenCurlyQuote;woman’ to include transgender people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Last week&comma; media reported on the change in the definition of &OpenCurlyQuote;woman’ in the Cambridge Dictionary&comma; which how defines &OpenCurlyQuote;woman’ as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;an adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth”&period; Unlike the long-held definition of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;adult female human” this new definition of &OpenCurlyQuote;woman’ includes men who decide to be called women or&comma; in transgender terms&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;trans-women&period;’<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>The Telegraph<&sol;em> reported that Cambridge changed the definition in October this year&comma; but it went mostly unnoticed until now&period; It noted that the editorial decision at Cambridge was made after they studied the contemporary use of the word &OpenCurlyQuote;woman” and concluded that an update to its meaning was needed for learners of the English language&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Liberals who know of the updated Cambridge definition are cheering the decision&period; Dr&period; Jane Hamlin of the Beaumont Society called it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;good news” and congratulated the Cambridge Dictionary team for this new &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;clear&comma; concise and correct” definition&period; On the other hand&comma; real women and critics of gender-fluidity are frowning upon Cambridge’s update&period; British independent journalist Sophie Corcoran posted on Twitter that changing the definition of &OpenCurlyQuote;woman’ is an attempt to erase women and reminded that a woman remains an adult human female&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"550" data-dnt&equals;"true"><p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Try and tell me they’re not trying to erase women&period;<br><br>Cambridge dictionary have changed the definition of a woman&period; This cannot be accepted&period; We will not be erased<br><br>Woman &equals; adult human female&period; <br><br>Not someone who &OpenCurlyQuote;identifies as female’ <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;n0Ytn7jV72">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;n0Ytn7jV72<&sol;a><&sol;p>&mdash&semi; Sophie Corcoran &lpar;&commat;sophielouisecc&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;sophielouisecc&sol;status&sol;1602726247267713024&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">December 13&comma; 2022<&sol;a><&sol;blockquote><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Journalist and political satirist Andrew Doyle critically analyzed the editorial move by Cambridge and a related change in Webster’s definition of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;female’ some months ago&comma; equating it with authoritarianism that seeks to put a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;chokehold on our society&period;” He said&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We mustn’t let them get away with it&period;”&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bitchute wp-block-embed-bitchute"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<iframe class&equals;"wp-embedded-content" sandbox&equals;"allow-scripts" security&equals;"restricted" title&equals;"&&num;039&semi;We MUSTN&&num;039&semi;T let them get away with it&excl;&&num;039&semi; &vert; Andrew Doyle on changing of definition for &&num;039&semi;Woman&&num;039&semi;" width&equals;"459" height&equals;"344" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bitchute&period;com&sol;embed&sol;YaQ7JNfBSR4&sol;&quest;feature&equals;oembed&num;&quest;secret&equals;8m6QrUGSJi" data-secret&equals;"8m6QrUGSJi" frameborder&equals;"0"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Writing in <em>The Federalist<&sol;em>&comma; David Harsanyi called Cambridge’s change in the definition of &OpenCurlyQuote;woman’ an act of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;altering the fundamental facts” and corruption of language in an Orwellian sense&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em>But how can we deny that ideas are corrupting language&comma; and language is corrupting thought&quest;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For now&comma; most of the online dictionaries continue to define &OpenCurlyQuote;man’ and &OpenCurlyQuote;woman’ as they have defined them for ages&period; The question is whether it’s only a matter of time before the authoritarian abuse of language becomes the norm rather than the exception&period;&nbsp&semi; &nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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