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If we go ahead and look at the definition of the word, I think it would almost be an automatic label for a Greenpeace leader.
by colechristensen 4y ago
If we go ahead and look at the definition of the word, I think it would almost be an automatic label for a Greenpeace leader.
- SECProto 4y agoDictionary definitions generally don't include information on connotation. Edit: I searched to find a dictionary for word connotations, best I found in a couple mins is https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~ychoi/connotation/ https://www3.cs.stonybrook.edu/~ychoi/connotation/
- forty 4y agoAdmittedly I'm French and the negative connotation of this word might not have carried to English but looking at an English dictionary [1] it does seem to me that's it's something you would only say of someone you disagree with. [1] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ideologue https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ideologue
- colechristensen 4y agoI'm one to think ideologues "on my side" also deserve to be disagreed with because of their methods and absolutism. But you are right, it's not a thing you'd really say about somebody you liked.