Book 14. (1 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 104 | "The View more quotes about expression">expression is a 'signal word,' a word selected for its emotive connotation, not its cognitive meaning. |
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Book 14. (7 results) Fighting Slave of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 101 | The argument is not much advanced". |
| 1 | 102 | "The concept is vague," she said. |
| 1 | 103 | "There is little if any concept involved," I said. |
| 1 | 104 | "The expression is a 'signal word,' a word selected for its emotive connotation, not its cognitive meaning. |
| 1 | 105 | It is to be used as a slander tool to discourage questioning and enforce verbal agreement. |
| 1 | 106 | Similar expressions, once meaningful, now largely of value as rhetorical devices are 'chauvinist', 'sex object', 'person', 'conservative' and 'liberal'. |
| 1 | 107 | One of the great utilities of these words, long since evacuated of most of their cognitive content, is that they make thought unnecessary. |
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The argument is not much advanced".
"The concept is vague," she said.
"There is little if any concept involved," I said.
"The expression is a 'signal word,' a word selected for its emotive connotation, not its cognitive meaning.
It is to be used as a slander tool to discourage questioning and enforce verbal agreement.
Similar expressions, once meaningful, now largely of value as rhetorical devices are 'chauvinist', 'sex object', 'person', 'conservative' and 'liberal'.
One of the great utilities of these words, long since evacuated of most of their cognitive content, is that they make thought unnecessary.
- (Fighting Slave of Gor)