Plastic Words
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7078191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Baehr (0000-0001-7921-7162, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeos0727 |
| OpenAlex | W4236419848 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Plastic words” evokes a class of terms that are amorphous, misleading, pseudoscientific – and omnipresent. Comparable to George Orwell's Newspeak, plastic words possess a formulaic character that impedes independent thinking. The entry describes plastic words and applies the concept to the widespread use of “phobic” language (Islamophobia, homophobia, xenophobia, ecophobia, etc
Art history · Character (mathematics · Class (philosophy · Epistemology · George (robot · Linguistics · Pseudoscience · Racism · Root (linguistics · Sociology · Xenophobia · Cultural and Sociopolitical Studies · Gender Studies · History · Islamic Thought and Society Studies · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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