π΄ What is βnatureβ? Dictionaries urged to include humans in definition
“Currently, all English dictionaries define nature as an entity separate from and opposed to humans and human creations β a perspective campaigners say perpetuates humanityβs troubled relationship with the natural world.”
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As you correctly mentioned so does the article:
Dictionaries do not determine the definitions of words, said Fiona McPherson, a lexicographer at the OED..
It is not the dictionaries that set definitions.