<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # No dictionary or institution owns meaning in... > No dictionary or institution owns meaning in isolation; language develops through history, authority, custom, conflict, science, and public use. Linguistic freedom begins with knowing how a definition was built and what work it performs. **Source:** [[livestreams/Concentration, Decision, and the Recovery of Agency - Workbook|Concentration, Decision, and the Recovery of Agency]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “No dictionary or institution owns meaning in isolation; language develops through history, authority, custom, conflict, science, and public use. Linguistic freedom begins with knowing how a definition was built and what work it performs.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-no-dictionary-institution-built-work-performs ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->