# Dean's "Conservatives Without Conscience"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deans-conservatives-without-conscience/364313>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 13, 2006, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deans-conservatives-without-conscience/364313 "2006-07-13T09:53:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2013, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deans-conservatives-without-conscience/364313/261 "2013-05-05T07:49:45Z")

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Probably ought to be spelled e_m_personment. In which case, there’s a cite dating to [1999](http://books.google.com/books?id=gcRwR2skwr4C&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=empersonment&source=bl&ots=nUtt4KEZr9&sig=CBsNXKVcUyQb1hGBRcU2cNEkhzQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JQ-GUejeBJOa9QSN5YCgCg&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=empersonment&f=false).

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