(Headline USA) The Merriam–Webster dictionary changed the definition of “male” and “female” in its latest edition to make room for transgenderism, the National Review reported.
It was bound to happen. Merriam-Webster has changed its dictionary definition of “female” to appease the trans activists. pic.twitter.com/qWnslvPjSd
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 19, 2022
The new definition of “female” includes a secondary definition that says the term can mean “having a gender identity that is the opposite of male.”
The new definition of “male” says the same thing, noting that it can mean “having a gender identity that is opposite of female.”
The word “girl” has also been changed to include a secondary definition as “a person whose gender identity is female.”
Merriam-Webster also changed the definition of the word girl pic.twitter.com/5wkPcD9yJA
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 19, 2022
Conservatives blasted the dictionary for endorsing unbiological, illogical circular reasoning.
Some noted that the bizarre capitulation to radical political correctness was previously the stuff of satire.
The Babylon Bee did it firsthttps://t.co/ich3qLk1AU
— Kyle Mann (@The_Kyle_Mann) July 19, 2022
What is a woman?
The opposite of man.
What is a man?
The opposite of woman.MERRIAM WEBSTER.
🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 pic.twitter.com/JKYPi0R0YP— Inez Stepman ⚪️🔴⚪️ (@InezFeltscher) July 19, 2022
This is utterly unacceptable, and every single person who thinks so should be willing to say it. Activists are engaged in a total perversion of the basic reality of what it is to be human, and major institutions are happy to go along. It’s time for everyone to get invested. https://t.co/n4zH36ptOD
— Alexandra DeSanctis Marr (@xan_desanctis) July 20, 2022
“having a gender identity that is the opposite of male” also just doesn’t make sense. what is the ‘opposite’ of male?
this is the most famous dictionary in the world! this stuff is nuts https://t.co/V0v4miqhQN
— Jesse Singal (@jessesingal) July 20, 2022
This isn’t the first time the company has signaled its woke biases with respect to the LGBT movement.
It drew eyerolls from some, and breathless commendations from others, for adding a definition for the nonbinary pronoun “they” in 2019, flouting grammatical conventions, and then making the third-person plural nominative pronoun its “word of the year.”
