The Mustard Seed by McKay Caston

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Three Dangers of Religious Traditionalism (and How to Avoid Them)

Three Dangers of Religious Traditionalism (and How to Avoid Them)

Since 2003, the dictionary publishing company, Merriam-Webster, has declared a Word of the Year.

Aug 18, 2019
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The Word of the Year

Since 2003, the dictionary publishing company, Merriam-Webster, has declared a Word of the Year. Winners include blog, bailout, socialism, and capitalism. Even truthiness and wOOt have Word of the Year trophies.

In 2015, the Word of the Year wasn’t even a word but rather the suffix -ism.

The suffix -ism has its roots in Ancient Greek a…

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