Again, that’s fair enough but it’s not what the word actually means. That’s not how I use the word and it doesn’t seem to be how Peterson…
So let me try to understand… Your argument is that the word “spurned” necessarily entails the emotional experience of anger? So it’s true by definition that being “spurned” means experiencing pain and anger?
Again, that’s fair enough but it’s not what the word actually means. That’s not how I use the word and it doesn’t seem to be how Peterson was using it either. I don’t think most people use the word to mean that, in my experience anyway, and it’s not what the dictionary definition says it means. For instance, the OED defines “spurn” as “to reject or refuse someone or something, especially in a proud way”. There’s no reference to how it makes the person spurned feel. Someone, by definition, can be spurned and nevertheless feel unhurt emotionally.