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How Words Can Harm: Crash Course Philosophy #28
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Darya kao posted on 2016/10/09Ever wonder how words can actually cause harm? This Crash Course Philosophy episode dives deep into the philosophy of language, exploring concepts like the use-mention distinction and how to critically analyze potentially harmful speech. You'll pick up some advanced vocabulary and gain a richer cultural understanding of how language shapes our world!
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the word
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- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- A single distinct meaningful element of speech or writing, used with others (or sometimes alone) to form a sentence and typically shown with a space on either side when written or printed.
- An instruction or command.
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More hate speech
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- Uncountable Noun
- Abusive or threatening speech expressing prejudice against a particular group, especially on the basis of race, religion, or sexual orientation.
to talk
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- Intransitive Verb
- To express oneself in speech; to communicate verbally.
- To have a discussion or conversation.
- Transitive Verb
- To persuade someone to do something.
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- Phrasal Verb
- To discuss a particular topic.
- To mention or bring up a subject.
- Phrase
- Used to emphasize how good, bad, impressive, etc. something is.
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