Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables: one -man's ter-ror-ist is an-oth-er -man's free-dom -fight-er
IPA

63

Scrabble Score

43

Letters

10

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

one's view on war and political violence depends on perspective

Etymology

English has various similar expressions; compare one man's trash is another man's treasure, one man's meat is another man's poison, and so forth.

Questions

What does one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter mean?: one's view on war and political violence depends on perspective
Where does one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter come from?: English has various similar expressions; compare one man's trash is another man's treasure, one man's meat is another man's poison, and so forth.

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