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[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Merriam-Webster:

Nominal: existing or being something in name or form only

Something nominal exists only in name. So the nominal ruler in a constitutional monarchy is the king or queen, but the real power is in the hands of the elected prime minister. In the United Kingdom, the British monarch is also the nominal head of the Church of England; and those baptized in the Church who aren't really churchgoers might be called nominal Christians.

You: The Kingdom of Denmark is nominally socialist

Yeah, I'm definitely the stupid one who doesn't know what nominal means, champ.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wow, well done! Here, have a treat.

Now your next step is to find the other definitions of "nominal", also on Merriam-Webster to make it easy, and you'll get your next treat.

You'll get a really bigerest treat if you also connect those definitions to what me and you said, and realise that you're wrong.

You Know, training a little monkey is actually fun.

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 0 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The other definitions are irrelevant. Obviously, the first, primary definition is what the other user meant.

Why would you ignore the primary meaning of the word and jump to some obscure alternate interpretation that doesn't even make sense in the context?