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by szemet 2197 days ago
To show a positive example, without word redefinitions: IMHO western society largely managed to end prejudice against left-handiness, while keeping the word "right".

(And this "left -> bad" or "right" -> good (or both) association is as (or more) prevalent in languages of the world as the "dark -> bad" association)

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> IMHO western society largely managed to end prejudice against left-handiness, while keeping the word "right".

To illustrate this: sinister means "on the left side" and "threatening or portending evil."