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    "title": "Referentialism and Discursive Parallels between US “Alt-Right” and “Gender-Critical” Conspiracism",
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    "abstract": "<p>This article examines the role of language ideology in the argumentation of both “alt-right” and “gender-critical” discourses about gender. While positioning themselves on different sides of the left-right political spectrum, both groups make use of referentialist language ideologies to establish themselves as authorities over language. Referentialism is a type of tautological reasoning that posits language and dictionary-style definitions as the final arbiter of reality (e.g., “A woman is an adult human female; if it is an adult human female, it must be a woman”). This article contributes to a broader understanding of how language ideology functions as a powerful rhetorical tool in the fight against anti-gender movements.</p>",
    "language": "eng",
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        "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0",
        "short_name": "CC BY 4.0",
        "text": "Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.",
        "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"
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    "keywords": [
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            "word": "transphobia"
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            "word": "referentialism"
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            "word": "language ideologies"
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        {
            "word": "gender critical"
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            "word": "TERF"
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            "word": "anti-gender"
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    "section": "Research Article",
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            "first_name": "Maureen",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Kosse",
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            "institution": "University of Colorado Boulder",
            "department": "Linguistics"
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    "date_submitted": "2023-08-12T09:36:12.251000-07:00",
    "date_accepted": "2025-01-18T14:58:19.877000-08:00",
    "date_published": "2025-01-18T15:03:06.162000-08:00",
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