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(idiomatic) The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.

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Humpty Dumptyism

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Humpty Dumptyism

Noun

idiomatic uncountable

(idiomatic) The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.

Japanese Meaning

単語の意味を自分の都合で変更し、恣意的に定義する慣行。 / 言葉の固有の意味に対して、自分の望む解釈を主張する行動。

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When the witness kept shifting definitions mid-testimony, the lawyer called it Humpty Dumptyism and demanded the record be clarified.

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証言の途中で証人が定義を次々と変え続けたとき、弁護士はそれを言葉を自分勝手に定義する主義だと呼び、記録の明確化を求めた。

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(idiomatic) The practice of insisting that a word means whatever one wishes it to.

It seems to be saying one or both of two things. One is that any score that comes out of any procedure that purports to measure intelligence is a value of the scale, intelligence. If so, this would be Humpty Dumptyism.

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