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In Defense of Butchers: A Semantic Justification
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:43:59
Publish Date: 2016-06-27 11:06:58
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The weight of a word doesn’t simply lie in its dictionary definition. Words don’t simply have denotations — they also have connotations: a number of associations and attributes that stretch beyond the literal meaning. The word “butcher” has always been associated with the killing and preparing of animals for human consumption, but a new contingency of vegetarian and vegan butchers — who cleave plant fibers rather than animal bones — have claimed this name for themselves. 

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