The dictionary online site
merriam-webster shows the version of the noun word "visa" : "…a signature of formal approval by a
superior upon a document…" was used just as
commonly as it is now most applicable in the 21st century as a means
of entry into a particular country, but this now fraught with political
implications noun word "visa" has become a political discourse, too,
in the year 2025, that has widened into a POV involving a political party, the
immigration purpose of this noun word "visa" with the first
definition now used exclusively, even to the sentence merriam-webster offers
with the use of this noun word has the mention of the Trump administration:
"First, the State Department is canceling visas due to an exercise of free speech that administration officials find
objectionable…" a political statement, that is unusual for a well-known
always apolitical dictionary of words and meanings, not political opinions.
However, Cambridge.org dispenses with
political opinion in offering sample sentences, instead concentrates on the
noun word "visa" with a 21st century meaning, using
examples of the noun word "visa" in various countries to qualify for
permission to enter, and this noun word defines
a system of immigration into various countries around the world, too.
As well, the Google search was remarkably POV free
and politically benign: "…an endorsement on a passport indicating that the holder is
allowed to enter, leave, or stay for a specified period of time in a country…"
this word definition came from Oxford dictionary, And I have included another dictionary site, vocabulary.com that examples the 21st century meaning of the word,
but without any political POV and with more of an international global
definition as would be used to reference other countries around the world.
My research proves that the 21st century meaning
of the word "visa" has overtaken the definition to the extent that
even a usually reliable and apolitical website like Merriam-webster has become
entangled in something other than definitions of words, which saddens me, but
then this why I pursue blogging about words plus meanings, to enlighten and
often dumbfound about the use of words in ways that defines this contentious 21st
century.
