Glossary
Loaded language
Words that carry emotional or moral weight beyond their literal meaning — used to push readers toward a conclusion before they realize it.
Examples: "controversial", "so-called", "common-sense", "draconian", "embattled", "radical", "establishment". Each adjective does political work. Loaded language is legal, common, and often invisible. The test: strip the adjectives and re-read the sentence. If the meaning changes, the adjectives were doing argumentative work, not descriptive work. Prism Lens highlights every loaded phrase in any article you paste. See also: framing, media bias.
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