On Tuesday, many online learned that Merriam-Webster changed their dictionary definition of the word "female" after a conservative political commentator tweeted a screenshot of the new definition.
The change is an additional definition of "female" that says, "having a gender identity that is the opposite of male."
Although, the change appears to have been made about two years ago at some point between July 3, 2020 and September 5, 2020, according to the Internet Archive "WayBack Machine."
Political commentator Matt Walsh posted the screenshot to his 1 million Twitter followers, as more than 4,000 people replied with their thoughts on the change.
"It was bound to happen. Merriam-Webster has changed its dictionary definition of "female" to appease the trans activists," Walsh tweeted at 9:16 a.m. on Tuesday.
Walsh continued the thread by adding his thoughts on what he refers to as "made up jargon."
"Never mind that the trans activists have always insisted that sex and 'gender identity' are two different things. If they can rewrite the dictionary then they can certainly redefine their own made up jargon as they please," Walsh tweeted.
Fellow conservative political commentator Mike Cernovich quote tweeted Walsh and said, "What does the 'opposite of male' mean? This doesn’t make sense."
The definition of "male" on Merriam-Webster's online dictionary has a similar addition that says, "having a gender identity that is the opposite of female." Merriam-Webster also defines "gender identity" as "a person's internal sense of being male, female, some combination of male and female, or neither male nor female."
On the other hand, activists have raised awareness and supported the transgender community over recent years while the topic has become more popular in conversation.
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