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		everybodyknows on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi... I note that "master (verb)" is on the list, but "mastery" is not. So apparently a Stanford M.S., M.A. or M.F.A. degree may be said to denote mastery of a subject, but its holder cannot claim to have mastered the subject. So many ways to get it wrong...

barbariangrunge on Dec 20, 2022 [–]

Give it time. Mastery can also refer to breaking the will of creatures, from horses to people, and explicitly celebrates domination in some usages

For some early examples, see: the Iliad

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