Theos-Talk Archives (December 1996 Message tl00076)

kymsmith@micron.net wrote:
>
> Bart wrote:
>
> >I would call it "discrimination based solely on gender", myself.
>
> Can exploitation and domination be expressed with the word discrimination?
> Are they not different acts/behaviors?  Is sexism only discrimination?  Your
> definition is certainly correct, but I think it to be incomplete.

	A sexist attitude might cause one to exploit and dominate, but I do not
consider it to be part of the definition.

> >however, that the term "Webster's Dictionary" is in the public domain;
> >ANYBODY can publish a dictionary, and call it "Webster's Dictionary".
> >The dictionary most people think of when they say "Webster's Dictionary"
> >is actually MERRIEM-Webster's Dictionary. Other good ones are American
> >Heritage, Random House, and, of course Oxford. Which one did you use?
>
> Does "Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary, Unabridged, Simon and
> Schuster" pass muster?

	Actually, as one who worked a decade in the library reference book
industry, I would say no, that is not considered to be a definitive
dictionary of the English language.

	Bart Lidofsky