Cambridge Dictionary expanded, not replaced its definition of "woman"
Cambridge Dictionary expanded, not replaced its definition of "woman"
(Reuters Fact Check) - The Cambridge Dictionary updated its definition of the word “woman” to include a further definition that includes transgender women. However, social media users sharing the new definition mistakenly claim the dictionary replaced existing definitions of “woman” with the description.
Archive of the Cambridge Dictionary website shows that as of Oct. 27 it added the following definition for the word “woman”: “An adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth.”
Screenshots of the website are circulating on social media alongside suggestions that the Cambridge Dictionary has replaced this definition of “woman”
“Anyway. Cambridge Dictionary now says the word ‘WOMAN’ means ‘men’,” said one person in a Facebook post.
However, the dictionary did not change its definition but added a further, additional meaning.
This meaning was added on Oct. 27 and reflects how the word “woman” is being used, a Cambridge Dictionary spokesperson told Reuters.
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