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What’s another word for “current state of linguistic and intellectual mediocrity”?

“Roget’s Thesaurus… should be roundly condemned as a crucial part of the engine work that has transported us to our current state of linguistic and intellectual mediocrity.
Simon Winchester

What’s another word for “thesaurus”?

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