For a word to have meaning, it must:

a. be used in a complete sentence.
b. have a literal connection to the thing it represents.
c. be used in all speech communities.
d. stand for a particular object, idea, or feeling.


d. stand for a particular object, idea, or feeling.
For a word to have meaning, it must be recognized by members of the language or speech community as standing for a particular object, idea, or feeling. The word dogis nothing more than three letters used together unless members of a community agree that it stands for a certain four-legged animal.

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________ feminists subscribe to a theory that believes that people are differentiated on the basis of sex and exist in a patriarchal (male-dominated) structure where women are oppressed

Fill in the blank with correct word

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