Talk:proprietarian

Why is China mentioned in the second definition (in etymology 1)? I can't find any reference to that in other online dictionaries. I'll remove this "China" mention if it's a mistake.

Another question: what's the difference between this second definition and propertarian? They seem to be synonyms, shouldn't it be mentioned somewhere?

Thanks, 85.169.195.108 19:03, 12 June 2021 (UTC)


 * The second definition seems to be found mostly in works from or about China, hence the label. If you can show that it's used in many works from and about other countries, then the label can/should be changed. I don't think any of the definitions are synonymous with the definition currently given at propertarian, "one who endorses propertarianism", which we define as "the libertarian philosophy that promotes contractual relationships made voluntarily, as opposed to government-imposed ones". ("A person who owns property [...] or believes [...] that property is an absolute right" does not seem to be the same thing as "a person who promotes contractual relationships made voluntarily, as opposed to government-imposed ones.") Is our definition or propertarianism janky (e.g., worded from a libertarian POV, ultimately trying to say the same thing about believing that property is an absolute right) and/or are we missing a definition at propertarian and propertarianism by which it too refers to "a person who [...] believes [...] that property is an absolute right"? (I notice that not all of the senses of this entry and of the -ism form proprietarianism correspond, perhaps we're missing some senses in one or the other of those entries, too.) I do think proprietarian(ism) and propertarian(ism) should be cross-linked, in any case. - -sche (discuss) 00:02, 13 June 2021 (UTC)