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Monday, February 8, 2010
Sui-cide vs. Altru-cide
Locke commented that our words are modeled upon our ideas -- The Way of Words, The Way of Ideas.
"bovicide", the killing of cows, is not really a murder, he claims.
"Suicide" is self-murder. "Altru-cide" is its corresponding retronym.
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