11-06-2018, 08:10 PM
(11-06-2018, 07:54 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Is it a direct comparison, because the definition quoted in the OP does not lend itself to your analogy? Again, I'm getting a distinct vibe of redefining a word because we want to not because the word is actually defined that way.
It is a direct comparison. The site from where you obtained the definition discusses this attitude of superiority. In the definition you copied it even discusses the exalting of the nation, which also falls into that.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
