Webster's ninth new collegiate dictionary

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1. fouricAug 2020
   Picking up my copy of Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and looking up "racism", I see "1. a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race" (which isn't relevant to the point being made) and "2. racial prejudice or discrimination" which perfectly describes affirmative action - people of a particular race being discriminated against because of their race. This is literally textbook racism.

   I'm really curious what arguments the downvoters of the parent post have to say and why they didn't say them.

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2. dwheelerAug 2019
   "Fold" is not archaic, but it may be more common in some regions compared to others (see "pop" vs. "soda"). The "-fold" suffix is in Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and it does NOT have an "archaic" marking. It's also one of the answers when you ask Google to "define fold" (you have to look lower because suffixes are sorted after the main word).

   I use the suffix myself; it's nice and short when you need to express the concept.

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