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They started as the same word, but their meanings have drifted apart over time.
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Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.
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How an ancient philosophical movement devoted to the pursuit of virtue came to describe eye-rolling criticism.
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The story of those iconic illustrations.
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We'll help you figure it out at once
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How to use a word that (literally) drives some people nuts
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The story of an imaginary word that managed to sneak past our editors
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And who put it there, anyway?
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