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		fabiospampinato on July 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: France issues moratorium on prion research after f... What things are named and what they are don't necessarily coincide. E.g.: native americans are called "indians".

jjk166 on July 28, 2021 | [–]

But typically they do, and this is one of that vast majority of cases.

ben_w on July 28, 2021 | [–]

A better etymological example would be that Stonehenge, after which the category “henge” is named, isn’t a henge.

(Aside from actual domain experts in this thread saying it is an infection, that is).

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