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Old May 13th, 2003, 01:05 AM
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Default Re: [OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.

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Originally posted by Wardad:
Imperator was not found in the Cambridge Dictionary.

I did find: imperative (URGENT) adjective
extremely important or urgent; needing to be done or given attention immediately.

So an Imperator must create urgency and need attention.
correct usage: The Imperator threw a tantrum.
Imperator is the latin word for emperor.

Geo, as I have said many times, dictionary definitions are not valid for complex terms. They simplify the terms, and often miss all of the subtleties of the meanings. They often reflect common misconceptions of words too. And, my post was made because there were people using democracy to mean different things, and trying to argue against each other. Some of the counter-arguments made no sense as they were. It was my hope that people would start using more accurate terms to avoid such confusions.
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