> The fact that the official government representatives of the whole world agree on the definition means that’s the definition.
It seems you misunderstood. That they did not agree on the definition is part of my point. They only agree on the word, to mean opposite things (the US meant dystopia, the USSR meant [on their way to] utopia.) In any case, it's just an example. See my other[1] comment for clarification of the general point.
Meaning is use. And people neither think in definitions nor learn language through definitions (there is a reason dictionaries usually provide examples and use cases), it is an entirely artificial construct with limited use.
It seems you misunderstood. That they did not agree on the definition is part of my point. They only agree on the word, to mean opposite things (the US meant dystopia, the USSR meant [on their way to] utopia.) In any case, it's just an example. See my other[1] comment for clarification of the general point.
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33482679