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People who go to live in other countries are called expats, people coming to live in your country are called immigrants



It's a shame about the downvotes, because that's a perfect example of loaded language which imposes a conceptual frame for both speaker and listener.

It's not an abstract point. It has very real consequences because it's supposed to - and does - trigger expected emotions and behaviours.

PR consultants, politicians, lawyers, ad copy writers, and others who use rhetoric professionally use this kind of loading very deliberately.




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