DISTORTION OF LANGUAGE

WORDS HAVE POWER.

Language, and the ethymological meaning of words, has been distorted to manipulate our perception. By messing up our understanding of words, and language in particular, disables the later generations' ability to correctly understand what have been recorded in the past.

Mainstream media such as modern literature, TV and movies often bombard us with the wrong usage of words, with the intention to mislead the readers/viewers.

ANARCHY

No ruler or master.
A society with the absence or non-recognition of authority or other controlling systems.
The organization of society on the basis of voluntary cooperation, without political institutions or hierarchical government; anarchism.
Without a leader, the society of people without a government.

You were made to believe that "anarchy" means "a state of disorder".

CHAOS

Void
Abyss
Gap
A primordial state of formlessness from which the universe was created.

You were made to believe that "chaos" means "a state of complete disorder or confusion".

APOCALYPSE

Revelation
To reveal, unveil, uncover, disclose

You were made to believe that "apocalypse" means "the end of the world" or "a great catastrophy".

CATACLYSM

A deluge, a flood
To deluge, to wash clean

You were made to believe that "cataclysm" means "a large-scale and violent event in the natural world".

HOLOCAUST

A sacrifice by fire
A burnt offering

You were made to believe that "holocaust" means "destruction or slaughter on a mass scale" or "genocide".

MAFIA

A hierarchically structured secret organization allegedly engaged in criminal activities.
A close group of people who are involved in criminal activities and who help and protect each other, sometimes to the disadvantage of others.
A small but powerful or influential group in an organization or field; an inordinately prominent and controlling clique.
An organized international body of criminals, and having a complex and ruthless behavioural code.

You were made to believe that "mafia" means "gangsters".

ELITE

The word elite comes from the Latin word eligere, which means "to choose" or "to select." This is derived from the verb legere, meaning "to gather" or "to pick." The term evolved through Old French as élite, which meant "a chosen or select group".

You were made to believe that "elite" means "the best (in the population)".

FASCISM

The term fascism has its roots in the Latin word fascis, which means a bundle or a group, specifically referring to a bundle of rods bound together around an axe. This symbol, known as the "fasces," was an emblem of power and authority in ancient Rome, representing unity and strength through collective force.

The term fascism itself came into use in the early 20th century, specifically with the rise of Benito Mussolini's movement in Italy. The term was derived from the Italian word fascismo, which Mussolini's followers used to describe their political ideology. The word emphasized the idea of a strong, centralized, authoritarian state, and the importance of unity and control over individual rights.

So, etymologically, fascism stems from the concept of a collective force, symbolized by the bundle of rods (fasces), meant to project power, order, and unity under an authoritarian leadership.

OLIGARCHY

From French olygarche, oligarque, from Latinized form of Greek oligarkhēs, which is related to oligarkhia "government by the few".

PHARMACEUTICAL

Pertaining to pharmacy or the art of preparing drugs or poison
Pertaining to the art of sorcery

You were made to believe that "pharmaceutical" means "pertaining to medicine".

VIRUS

The word virus comes from the Latin word virus, which means "poison," "slime," or "sap." In Latin, virus was used to describe a harmful substance or a liquid that could cause illness, much like we associate toxins or poisons today.

You were made to believe that a "virus" is kind of pathogen.

SOPHISTICATE

From "sophisticaten", meaning "make impure by admixture, add a foreign or inferior substance to," from Medieval Latin sophisticatus, past participle of sophisticare "adulterate; cheat; quibble" (see sophistication). It is attested from c. 1600 as "obscure or corrupt with fallacies, delude by sophistry," and by 1796 as "deprive of simplicity".

You were made to believe that a "sophisticate" refers to "being profound" or

SOPHISTRY

Meaning "subtle but fallacious reasoning", from mid-14c., sophistrie, from Old French sophistrie (Modern French sophisterie) and directly from Medieval Latin sophistria, from Latin sophista, sophistes.