definition [def-uh-nish-uhn] noun

1. the act of making defined, distinct or clear; A definition.

2. the formal statement of the meaning or meaning of a word, phrase, idiom, etc., as found in dictionaries. An online dictionary resource can give users direct and immediate access to the definition of a term.

3. the condition of being defined, distinct or clearly delineated.

Definitions establish the meanings of words. If we did not have them, it would be difficult to reach an agreement between us when we seek to communicate. Imagine that we did not have specific definitions for up and down, how then could we give or understand instructions? A big part of the problems we have to deal with is that many don’t care much about finding out how the words they use have been defined, what they really mean. Leading inevitably to various misunderstandings that can lead to arbitrary disparities, prejudice, chaos, discrimination, exclusion, fear, pain, intolerance, danger, omission, prejudice … and wars.

Only when we agree on a definition can we proceed to discuss the thing so defined. Who has witnessed the useless and desperate debates that take place between people who argue incessantly about issues that should have started with a definition they agreed with? How could an insightful resolution take place if both parties are based on a different idea of ​​what they are talking about? An open one? I suppose; if you are considering ending up on a completely different side of the problem at hand. Do you agree to disagree? Absolutely; for disagreeing with the definition before embarking on the argument would end nowhere other than disagreement. Holding on to different definitions = standing on ground in motion

However, it bothers me to see the word “end” within the word DEFINITION. Of course it is there! Assigning a definition to something (an object, a person, a concept …) limits that “something” to that definition, seeking to FINISH its taking of other meanings. Yes, the definitions restrict our experiences of “things”, as we will seek to see each defined “thing” as it fits its given definition. That is why many times resisting a definition is what feels good. So sometimes we want “things” to remain undefined.

Oh yes we do. Because sometimes “something” is many “things”. Definitions are often questioned. My pencil is my most effective hair clip and my most practical bookmark. When I find what are called shoe boxes, I see molds for making paper. My father’s hands (full of lines, textures and stories) were my favorite book. “To define is to ash”.

Perhaps what we can agree on is to rephrase the word definition into something related to the process of change. A word that had nothing to do with limiting, with rigidity … with end. What if instead of definitions dictionaries had become?

“I would not define myself point.

Oscar Wilde said that defining is limiting and I don’t want to limit myself.

I want to move as much as I can.

I want my scope to be as wide as possible and for definitions to match reality.

I don’t want to live in a imprisoned reality. “

Jose kozer