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C. L. provides us with two definitions of the word culture in order to illustrate what a persuasive definition can accomplish:

• The original definition: "widely read and acquainted with arts"
• The persuasive definition: "imaginative sensitivity"

Both carry with them the positive emotive meaning of culture; it is still a good thing to be cultured no matter which definition is used. What they change is what exactly it means to be called "cultured." Because being cultured is a positive trait, the society views being well read and and acquainted with the arts as positive traits to have. By promoting a persuasive definition of "imaginative sensitivity" the society begins to views those qualities positively because they are attached to a word with a positive emotive meaning.