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dboreham on Feb 7, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Elevated Use of Absolutist Words Is a Marker of An...

Just these two work pretty well as a short list: "Always", "Never".

loceng on Feb 7, 2018 [–]

I wonder how/if they accounted for "almost always", "almost never" etc.

brixon on Feb 7, 2018 | [–]

I think that is the point. Hedge words show that you are aware and accepting that everything/everyone is not out to get you.

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