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I think you meant "simple WORD", yes? The simplest word with a complex meaning that I can think of is "I". It seems obvious on the surface, but even a little poking around under the hood reveals an dizzying array of unsolved questions and unexamined assumptions.
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God, sin, spirit, truth, beauty, law, justice, fair, good, bad, life.
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The first word that comes to mind is .... be. Good question, I can't wait to see what answers you get !! :)
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id
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Happiness. http://www.amazon.com/Stumbling-Happiness-Daniel-Gilbert/dp/1400077427/
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I had a teacher that, as a punishment for writing notes or talking in class, would make us copy the Oxford English Dictionary definition for "Work". It was three and a half columns. No one ever finished by the end of the day.
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I would say, fun. Maybe, love.
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Truth Faith
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Truth. It varies. It is not the same for everyone. So there is no nailing it down. Atheists versus True Believers...Democrats versus Republicans...The Wealthy versus the impoverished...the healthy versus the chronically ill...the honorable versus the scam artists. All different truths. Happy Monday! :) ((hugs))
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Culture. Culture is a set of shared assumptions and understandings that tends not to be examined by the people living within it - and to create major problems for the people who are NOT within it but who meet it.
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Life Very simple word, but what exactly does it mean. It's not just existing/surviving, but it's not really a party, either... It's not just living in the moment, but you can just live in the past or for the future, either... It's not the same for anyone, but it's not different, either... It's not to be lived alone, but there are people you just can't live with, either... It's not meant to feel good all the time, but it's not meant to be medicated all the time, either... There are many other opposing views about life, too. These are just a few. Now, doesn't that make it complex? ;-)
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Ego
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Love (it varies greatly from person to person in what it means)
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Imaginary (referring to a number).
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Love
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God.
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gender
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Life Intelligence Sentience All three of these words, on the surface very simple, are EXTREMELY comples when you try to apply them right down to the minutae of the smallest forms which we THINK might be life, or to other animal species which think radically different than humans. OR, if you are the former President Bill Clinton, the word "is" evidently has a VERY complex meaning...as well as what constitutes sex. <EDIT> Oh, yeah...and let's not forget WOMEN. D*mned if I'm able to figure THAT one out completely... :):)
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The first word that popped into my mind was pi. Good question and good answers too +++
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"Ethics", "Morals", "Values"...take your pick Most English words which have varying definitions, tend to have one commonly-accepted definition among the majority of people. But a word like "values" - that is one word for which you will get a literally unique definition from just about everyone, in differenct places, and in different time periods.
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Music
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Pride
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Love.
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raze.. It doesn't seem like a word at all, but it means chaos and destruction.. is that what you were asking? even tho all those other answers are damn good?
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Time
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The "mack daddy" of all words = "Fuck". *Tons* of possible meanings under all possible circumstances. ;-)
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is
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brain.
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