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Default Re: word's antecedents

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Originally Posted by meliss View Post
Yes, I see, but what about

"that are so obviously in the word's antecedents."?

What is so obviously? And which are the word's antecedents? (And what word?)
What is so obviously? the meaning "excess"

And which are the word's antecedents? "extremism" and "extreme"

(And what word?) "extremist"
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