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Language Policing

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Authoritative control over acceptable terminology, critiqued in context of being corrected for saying 'committed suicide' instead of 'died of suicide'

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"My instructor woke-scolded me in front of my group and said that I should say "ended his life" or "died of suicide" because "committed suicide" sounds like a crime or a sin. Is what I said really that bad? Or is it just authoritative language policing?"
Academia Brain · u/petitelatinking · ↑72 · 2021-08-23
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