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how loosely the words "opposite" and "antonym" are treatedYes, I'm certainly seeing plenty of examples of that. But that reflects life, does it not? And I'm probably just as guilty of misinterpretation of opposition (what a mouthful  ) as the next fish, I suppose.. Is the "opposite of misogynist" thread around somewhere?
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to circumvent contranymic confusion
Fair enough, Auntie. I think I may have a go at using "personalize" in place of "anthropomorphize" myself, and see how it works. Can't hack the multi-syllable scientific stuff applied to fairly everyday occurrences.
Did I tell you I have a friend who personalizes his cat?
He makes it wear a collar and has tattooed his name and address on its back, underneath the fur.
Ah.
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90% of science fiction is crud, but then 90% of everything is crud.
Sturgeon was a great fish indeed. Excellent.
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>Is the "opposite of misogynist" thread around somewhere?
ah! an excellent opportunity to learn the use of the "search" function - it's the button under AWADtalk, not the other. at the menu, select "all forums" and "all posts" for the search string "misogynist".
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In poetry--how about "the wakeful bed, the aching mirror?" A little dash of personification. Then, of course, there's the "persona" poem--but that's another story!
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