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inclusive language

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inclusive language
n
language that avoids the use of certain expressions or words that might be considered to exclude particular groups of people, esp gender-specific words, such as ``man'', ``mankind'', and masculine pronouns, the use of which might be considered to exclude women


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It is a "dead" language, which prevents liberals from translating words into the vernacular using ambiguous terms that undermine church doctrine, such as inclusive language.
Inclusive--the category of questions reflecting respondent's feelings about the use of inclusive language in religious ceremonies, scripture, and naming God.
The news stories focus on the struggles between Rome and American bishops and the Catholic Biblical Association over the inclusive language used in the New American Bible, struggles fraught with ideological and ecclesiological implications.
 
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