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Forging Better Axes Semantic Differential Ratings

Source: R/data.R
forging_axes_semdiff.Rd

Semantic differential ratings for 360 concepts across 36 bipolar dimensions from Boutyline & Johnston 2026 "Forging Better Axes". Each dimension is a word pair (e.g., feminine-masculine, soft-hard) with numeric ratings centered around zero.

Format

A data frame with 360 rows and 38 variables.

Source

Boutyline & Johnston 2026, "Forging Better Axes" (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Variables

  • term. concept or target word (lowercase)

  • straight_curved through human_machine. 36 bipolar dimension ratings (numeric, centered ~0)

  • source. data source attribution