Definitions
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- pronoun neologism, reflexive
em ,themself ;Gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject, the reflexive form ofem . - pronoun neologism, emphatic
em ,themself ; an intensive repetition of a gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of a predicate.
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Examples
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For a human individual to have been born in some a particular place, from parents of some particular nationality, and thus to possess emself some particular nationality, is a matter of chance, and cannot be taken as a non-arbitrary criterion of discrimination.
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For a human individual to have been born in some a particular place, from parents of some particular nationality, and thus to possess emself some particular nationality, is a matter of chance, and cannot be taken as a non-arbitrary criterion of discrimination.
Waldo Jaquith - What’s wrong with securing the borders? 2006
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'E was laying on' eir side, and rolled onto 'eir tummy with' eir arms and legs curled up under 'emself to go to sleep; but' eir little arms were wiggling around quite a bit the whole time.
phluid61 Diary Entry phluid61 2006
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In dat fashion I soon get de ole ones in good trainin ', and den I has no more trouble with dem as comes fresh aboard; for de ole hog tell de young one, and 'em won'erful cunnin', and know how to take care of 'emself.”
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In dat fashion I soon get de ole ones in good trainin ', and den I has no more trouble with dem as comes fresh aboard; for de ole hog tell de young one, and 'em won'erful cunnin', and know how to take care of 'emself. "
Jack Tier James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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