I’m looking for a word that means gentle but firm. Almost in the way one would pet a cat, or maybe sculpt clay on a wheel. A word that describes something with structure, but also has the love and compassion of Guanyin herself.
I have always used the word tone-deaf to describe a campaign or post that maybe doesn't realize what it's saying, but I cannot find a definition or any use online besides this reddit post that fits uses the word tone-deaf this way.
Is this correct word usage? I'm looking for a definition that fi...
I'm looking for the right word to describe a thing of the past that no longer needed nor it is useful, but we still have it in our world today.
Example:
- vaccines for illnesses that are gone for really long time (SO that vaccine is the thing of the past. I'm not saying it is true, just trying t...
Let's say there is a person called X. X is a good person, in general. He has a problematic view about something, let's say, homophobia. So, here is the conversation between Y and Z.
Y: X is homophobic. I hate him.
Z: I don't support X's views, but I do not hate the person. I hate his views.
Is...