{
  "id": "discussion.social",
  "term": "discussion",
  "sense": "social",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 13,
  "arena": "discussion",
  "domain": "social",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "a interaction where people use language to share information",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
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      "people.social",
      "language.communication",
      "interaction.process",
      "information.knowledge",
      "share.distribution",
      "use.application"
    ],
    "interaction": "people use language together and share information",
    "novel_properties": [
      "exchange of meaning",
      "collective understanding",
      "turn-taking structure"
    ]
  },
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    {
      "text": "The 2023 UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai hosted negotiations among 198 countries on emissions reductions.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    },
    {
      "text": "Linus Torvalds and developers debated Linux kernel updates in the public mailing list archive from June 2024.",
      "domain": "computing"
    },
    {
      "text": "Residents discussed neighborhood safety at the monthly Eastwood Community Association meeting on August 12, 2024.",
      "domain": "everyday life"
    }
  ],
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  "used_by": [
    "conference.social"
  ],
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  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6,
    "reconciled": {
      "by": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "changed": "definition",
      "note": "components updated to match definitional content; definition retained but marked as improved via component alignment"
    }
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-discussion.social"
}