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[โ€“] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's useful, but more often than not, people tend to use the dictionary to shut down disagreement

[โ€“] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Depends on what the disagreement is. If the disagreement is purely due to two parties misunderstand each other as they're running on different definitions then it makes perfect sense. You can't have a discussion if you aren't discussing the same thing.