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Webster's, nor anyone else's, dictionary does not 'bind' anything (which should be obvious to anyone who has seen how the word 'fascist' is used in threads).
Words mean a combination of what they have been accepted and used to mean and what they currently 'mean' to speakers of the language.
As with every other aspect of human life and reasoning, words are relative.
Words mean a combination of what they have been accepted and used to mean and what they currently 'mean' to speakers of the language.
As with every other aspect of human life and reasoning, words are relative.