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According to the dictionary this is a valid use of the word 'epidemic'. It's also probably the best word to convey what is happening to a general audience.
by andrepd 4y ago
According to the dictionary this is a valid use of the word 'epidemic'.
It's also probably the best word to convey what is happening to a general audience.
- ekianjo 4y ago> According to the dictionary this is a valid use of the word 'epidemic'. That's circular logic because dictionaries keep changing their definition to match what ignorant people use.
- drekipus 4y agoNot even dictionaries are safe from judgement
- mdp2021 4y agoEtymological dictionaries are immune to that problem. https://www.etymonline.com/word/epidemic https://www.etymonline.com/word/epidemic -- "epi-dēmos", "among the people". If you hold close what the term says, and regard the use as a derivation, you develop an aware, rooted terminology. But then, you'd lose the grounds to embrace a conventional derivation as what the term means - which is what you just condemned.
- andrepd 4y ago>definition matches what people use That is indeed how this "language" thing works.