Should dictionaries do more to confront sexism?

A New Yorker article about the recent criticism of the Oxford English Dictionary for sexist examples entires for words like "rabid" and "bossy," touching on issues of prescriptivism and descriptivism. [Published on 02-24-2016]

Posted by Kara Becker on February 26, 2016

Tags:
Gender;
Prescriptivism;
Sexism

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