Word definitions and the problem with modern english

Ok. This should be fun too get incorrect.


Liberalism - An economy that relies primarily on the free-market.

Anarchism - It basically a political philosophy of those who believe that a society based on shared ownership agreements among individuals.

Capitalism - An economic 'system' in which owners can vastly increase because they own the means of production.

Philosophy - The study of truths/facts of reality.

Ideology - Eh... to favor one point of view above all others and to adhere to this point of view.

Theology - The rational (as it can be) of systematic study of religion and its influences, nature and truth.

Atheism - The dis-belief of gods existence.

Agnosticism - The mental attitude denying the possibility of the real knowledge of truth.

Republic - This is a political system in which the supreme power of citizens who can elect some to represent for them.

Republican - A member of a republican party.

Democracy - A government by the people, through free and frequent elections.

Social Democracy - Believing in a change from capitalism to socialism.

Right wing - A group that supports the existing social and/or political order.

Left wing -A group that does not follow traditional ways.

Socialism - A system which is based on public ownership(s) of the means of production.

Communism - An economic and/or political system in which all property is publicly owned and each person is paid and works according to his or her requirements and abilities.

Money - Physical wealth.

Power - Having an influence, physical and mental strength - Perhaps leadership of others. Practically such as you Richy.

Greed - The desire to have more, sort-of related to corruption.

Selfishness - Concern of one's own interests, being concerned with yourself.

Virtue - Work of goodness quality such as; donating too cause.

Vice - Not sure which term of vice is to be defined.

Production - Producing products.

Ownership - Having and controlling certain property.

Control - When someone dominates a person/item etcetera.

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Sorry if I'm extremely wrong and there's spelling/grammar mis-takes, tired ever though its 1:30pm here.

 

Yes, the english language has broken down upon us and yes... this really would have happened with any other language. It is jsut what happens when a language begins to get universally used. It is like the game telephone, the original meaning is changed and changed until it is lost. So really, we lost all original meanings.

Sory about not defining, i'll edit later, just have no time right now sorry.

 

The way I generally do it in a debate is to provide a brief definition of the word as I will be using it. I can't think of a way to express what you mean other than to define it, and to get people more used to going by a common definition.

Liberalism - An ideology that holds liberty as its central tenet (free individuals, free market, etc.).

Anarchism - The absence of an official ruling power.

Capitalism - An economic situation where all are free to trade, invest, etc. as they please. In short, a completely free market.

Philosophy - A system of beliefs regarding what is, how we know it is, etc. Also applies to different things such as religion, technology, etc.

Ideology - A belief that an individual or group has.

Theology - The study of religions and the reasoning behind them.

Atheism - A lack of belief in any deity.

Agnosticism - The belief that the existence of a deity is unknowable.

Republic - A representative democracy, but one where the rights of the minority are protected.

Republican - One who tends to oppose government intervention in economic affairs, and supports it in social affairs (at least in the U.S.).

Democracy - A group where everybody has a vote in what the group does. The rights of minorities are not inherently protected.

Social Democracy - A democracy where wealth is shared among all.

Right wing - Usually those who support the existing social order.

Left wing - Those who are liberal/radical regarding the existing social order. Sometimes support government interference to achieve their goals.

Socialism - Collective ownership of all property/wealth by all.

Communism - Same as socialism, but without any form of market.

Money - Tokens used to represent wealth.

Power - The ability to coerce others against their will.

Greed - The desire to gain something, usually wealth.

Selfishness - The state of being self-interested, of looking out for yourself.

Virtue - A characteristic which is positive (generosity, politeness, good work ethic, etc.).

Vice - A characteristic which is negative (laziness, dishonesty, etc.)

Production - The ability to produce/create something.

Ownership - The right to control over something.

Control - Authority held over something.

 

Liberalism - Where the country won't meddle with a persons life (except taxes) however it won't help him if he needs money or something of the sort
Anarchism - No idea maybe total destruction?
Capitalism - Dont really remember, something like only the government matters or something
Philosophy - Doubt everything
Ideology - Idea of a certain <>
Theology - #
Atheism - Unbelief in God
Agnosticism - No belief in God,but no denial that he doesn't exists
Republic - Redneckism
Republican - Redneck
Democracy - The leadership is decided by the people
Social Democracy - Seems perfect but its not
Right wing - Kill Kill Kill
Left wing - Hippies
Socialism - #
Communism - Everyones equal, a bum and a hard worker will get treated fairly (also rewarded equally)
Money - Power
Power - Money
Greed - Power and Money
Selfishness - Only me
Virtue - #
Vice - Second
Production - #
Ownership - Mine
Control - I can do whatever I wish with it

 

What exactly is the problem? I think the problem is people not having a generalize knowing of what the words mean, not too many definitions for one word. If everyone has a general idea of what all the words you provided meant, we'd be much better off.

 

Sythe, this is great and all, but it's obvious that people are just going to make an attempt to look like they have some level of intellect and just use a dictionary to define the terms.

 

Yes Brandeis, but it is kind of obvious when a person uses a dictionary because everyone knows the dictionary meaning of the political terms. It all comes down to if they really believe in that statement. If they can support the definition then fine, but i think Sythe is trying to show how the language has changed and how the meanings are changing.

Just assuming, but i think

 

Well, a member could easily twist the definition a bit and create a definition comprised of many different definitions throughout the web. There really isn't a way to tell if the actually know what the words mean, but I'd say about 1-3% of Sythe could actually give a logical explanation of each word, possibly less.

 

This is going to be ugly...


Liberalism: political idealogy related to change
Anarchism: No formal government, not a necessarily negative word.
Capitalism: a political system based on freedoms and the creativity of man
Philosophy: thinking about everything using logic
Ideology: An idea which many people base their beliefs
Theology: Relating to religion; the study of religion, practicing religion
Atheism: Without god.
Agnosticism: Sees no reason for there to be a higher power, or is not sure.
Republic: A system of government where the people vote for representatives who vote on different issues.

Republican: Political party.
Democracy: Every single person votes on every single issue. Every voice can be heard, if you can hear it from the sea of other voices.

Social Democracy: No idea, will look it up later.
Right wing: Conservative side of things, likes to keep things the way they are now.

Left wing: More open to change, though many candidates are often mislabeled with this term.

Socialism: A political idealogy that wealth should be redistributed to the working classes.

Communism: A political system where everybody is equal, there is no private property, all businesses are run by the state.

Money: anything that has a function to operate as a medium for exchange. It SHOULD be backed up with something that has a real value. (as opposed to fiat money which only has value if the government continues to collect taxes)

Power: Ability to make your own decisions, and/or decisions for others.

Greed: Taking more than you need.

Selfishness: See greed i guess...

Virtue: having good morals

Vice: I think it is the opposite of virtue...not sure though


e: and /\/\OO please I hope you were kidding for some of those.

 

Brandeis: I don't think anyone cares -QUITE- enough to go through that much trouble to make people thing they are smart.

Sythe: I very much like the way you explained your theory. I tend to think like a programmer, in the sense that every thought I have is processed in a manner similar to that of a computer processing code given to it. The way you use terms like "compressing the language" for example as opposed to "making a few words into one" or something like that, really related to me.
I liked it

Liberalism - A political belief that the government should not be able to control things that only affect the person making the decision.
Anarchism - A political stance generally against the government, period.
Theology - The study of religion
Atheism - A religious group that does not believe in any kind of god
Agnosticism - A religious group that either has no religious beliefs, or has too various of beliefs to be classified as any other religious group.
Democracy - A form of government in which decisions are made by multiple people.
Right wing - Second hand in the process of decision-making
Money - The sole determining factor of what a person can and cannot do
Power - A direct result of how much money a person has
Greed - Wanting more than you need
Selfishness - Caring mainly about one's self
Virtue - A positive feature about a person
Vice - A negative feature about a person
Production - The act of getting something done
Ownership - What one has when they own something
Control - The ability to determine the outcome of something

 

My English grammar are quite well, but since it's not my first language, I'll try answering it in my own words

Liberalism -
Anarchism - ideology of not being controled by a goverment
Capitalism - political system, it's main goal is making money
Philosophy - questions of life
Ideology - view on how life/other things should be
Theology - religion
Atheism - not believing in a god
Agnosticism - X
Republic - X
Republican - X
Democracy - political system where the people can decide
Social Democracy - X
Right wing -
Left wing -
Socialism - ideology that everybody is equal
Communism - Political system, they say everything must be controlled by the goverment and everybody should be treated equal, including equal paychecks
Money - an item that represents a value
Power - The ability to control others
Greed - Wanting more than you actually need, not sharing with others.
Selfishness - Only thinking about your own interests
Virtue - X
Vice - X
Production - Combining several production factors in order to add value to a good
Ownership - being the rightful owner of an item
Control - being able to change or manipulate things

EDIT, second try, ill make my new answers bold

 

I'm out of this cuz I'm suck at english but here in my language , Arabic , The language is changed 100% and if u took with someone in original Arabic he won't understand most of words . So , I think this happening all over the world and its natural anyway .

 

Liberalism - Generally a scale between freedom and authoritarianism
Anarchism - The lack of a government/state
Capitalism - A society revolving around the concept of wealth as power
Philosophy - A study of unscientific questions
Ideology - A belief system
Theology - Study of matters pertaining to God
Atheism - Lack of a belief in God
Agnosticism - Lack of conviction of belief over the existence of God
Republic - A variant of democracy where, instead of the people voting directly, they vote via a representative, chosen through election
Republican - Not a word, an American political label
Democracy - A system of government where the people directly govern themselves through will of the majority
Social Democracy - Meaningless. Literally, meaningless. This is possibly the most ill-conceived label of all time. It literally means absolutely nothing more than Democracy with society.
Right wing - Pro-big government
Left wing - Anti-big government
Socialism - Watered-down Communism
Communism - An idea that all property is owned equally by everyone
Money - A note of credit from a government
Power - The measurement of the ability to coerce
Greed - A desire for objects beyond your needs
Selfishness - The desire to benefit self
Virtue - A morally correct aspect
Vice - A morally incorrect desire
Production - Context needed
Ownership - The concept that a person has right to do as he will with any object he "owns"
Control - The ability to direct that which one has control over


Most of these terms are incredibly vague, some are emotionally charged (People think selfishness is bad, morality is absolute etc., I've deliberately made no comment on that), and a lot of them, like Social Democracy, mean absolutely nothing except when charged by a reactionary anti-conformist nut to justify his own beliefs that his middle-class privileged upbringing would happen if there were no government to protect him from the stronger malicious elements of the world.

I mean, seriously, Social Democracy? Democracy with society? Wow, what a fucking novel concept.

 

People are getting lazier, not using the right words in the right places, the internet is a major contributor to the problem.

Liberalism - some type of government
Anarchism burning something
Capitalism some kind of punishment
Philosophy expanding thinking etc.
Ideology No idea,
Theology some kind of ancient thing
Atheism Lack of belief
Agnosticism belief in something
Republic unnity ruled by one.
Republican dunno
Democracy We must vote?
Social Democracy dunno
Right wing
Left wing
Socialism
Communism all the same
Money value
Power electricity
Greed wanting something you dont have
Selfishness not sharing
Virtue dunno
Vice dunno
Production producing something
Ownership own something
Control used to operate.


Bad Vocab

 

Agnostic-Shredderbeam

I attempted to do this without a dictionary and I realized I need to read a few books and start to remember what I learned in history.