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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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'Widespread' synonymous with 'general'??
"I meant spiritual in the widespread/general sense of the word."
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Anonymous 'Widespread' synonymous with 'general'? No. If it's a 'general' sense of a word, it's the meaning of the word which is most all-encompassing in its meaning.
- Anonymous 'Widespread' synonymous with 'general'?
- No.
- If it's a 'general' sense of a word, it's the meaning of the word which is most all-encompassing in its meaning.
- If something is 'widespread', it means that it's everywhere.
- It's hard to see how you could have a widespread sense of a word.
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Anonymous'Widespread' synonymous with 'general'?No. If it's a 'general' sense of a word, it's the meaning of the word which is most all-encompassing in its meaning. If something is 'widespread', it means that it's everywhere. It's hard to see how you could have a widespread sense of a word. Word senses are more general or more specific, or more lite
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