I think axiom should fit, but according to its official definition, an axiom is a statement that is taken to be true, and as far as I know, a word can’t make an statement by its own.
I think axiom should fit, but according to its official definition, an axiom is a statement that is taken to be true, and as far as I know, a word can’t make an statement by its own.
As far as I understand, we were not speaking about struggles with translating from one language to another, but about explaining a word within the original language.
Then I defer to an earlier answer from someone: ALL words have meanings and definitions. The only way one fails to describe a word is when they do not understand the word.
As Einstein said: “If you cannot explain it to a six year old, you do not understand it yourself.”
He was speaking about relativity. If a simple word stumps you, I have bad news…