• Tattorack@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Right, so you want to continue not understanding what the word “nominal” means, even after I’ve done all the work finding the definitions for you.

    Like, at this point I don’t even need to put effort into making you look stupid, you’re doing it yourself.

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      2 days ago

      Merriam-Webster:

      Nominal: existing or being something in name or form only

      Something nominal exists only in name. So the nominal ruler in a constitutional monarchy is the king or queen, but the real power is in the hands of the elected prime minister. In the United Kingdom, the British monarch is also the nominal head of the Church of England; and those baptized in the Church who aren’t really churchgoers might be called nominal Christians.

      You: The Kingdom of Denmark is nominally socialist

      Yeah, I’m definitely the stupid one who doesn’t know what nominal means, champ.

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        2 days ago

        Wow, well done! Here, have a treat.

        Now your next step is to find the other definitions of “nominal”, also on Merriam-Webster to make it easy, and you’ll get your next treat.

        You’ll get a really bigerest treat if you also connect those definitions to what me and you said, and realise that you’re wrong.

        You Know, training a little monkey is actually fun.

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          2 days ago

          The other definitions are irrelevant. Obviously, the first, primary definition is what the other user meant.

          Why would you ignore the primary meaning of the word and jump to some obscure alternate interpretation that doesn’t even make sense in the context?