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> (Libertarianism isn't anarchy. If it were, we wouldn't need a separate word.) Not that your conclusion is wrong, but if that argument worked we wouldn't need
by shasta 12y ago
> (Libertarianism isn't anarchy. If it were, we wouldn't need a separate word.)
Not that your conclusion is wrong, but if that argument worked we wouldn't need the word "synonym."
- jerf 12y agoIn English, synonyms are rarely equivalent. I can not come up with an example of two common-English words (i.e., not from a jargon set) that really are exactly the same, in all implications, off the top of my head. Some may exist, but in general if such a pair exists normal language processes will push the two apart in meaning anyhow.