But critics say the definition of militant is used far too broadly and there are too many civilian casualties.
As for strict definition, critics usually try to establish clear water between the counter-factual and its distant cousin the dystopia.
Mr. Hunter, the development lobbyist, praised the new law for directing growth away from rural areas, where the environmental costs are greater, but critics say its definition of "urban" is so broad that it creates a new incentive for suburban sprawl.
But that definition, critics say, does not take into account sexual-assault cases that involve anal or oral penetration or penetration with an object, cases where the victims were drugged or under the influence of alcohol or cases with male victims.
A new policy limits carding to instances where there is a public safety purpose, although critics say the definition is too broad.
But critics highlighted other definitions of woman used by the Urban Dictionary, which include "a manipulative human" and "extremely expensive, extremely time consuming".
A culture critic is, by definition, betwixt and between: not a regular consumer of culture and yet someone immersed deeply enough in it to appreciate its inner mechanisms.
He is surprised that his own son, Aaron, affirms his Jewish identity until he recalls the art critic Harold Rosenberg's definition of a New York Jew as someone caught in a particular net of "memory and expectation".
The law's loose definition, its critics argue, has been stretched far beyond that which lawmakers intended, allowing the full force of criminal law to be used against petty pranksters and digital vandals – usually those who challenge power, either through the causes they espouse, or because their actions cause embarrassment to those in authority.
