And of course he meant something probably rather different from what the popular meaning is.
In the popular meaning, the higher good describes a "good" that is shared and beneficial for all (or most) members of a given community.
One popular meaning of the word "Webster's" is simply "dictionary."
The roots of the popular meaning of "myth"
All of these were deemed "liberal" and thus helped alter the word's popular meaning.
A difference between popular and technical meanings of a term.
The most popular meaning of the constellation is that it represents the form of Chiron.
A second, popular meaning of Kur was "underworld", or the world under the earth.
To "rearrange the deck chairs" is a popular saying meaning that things have changed only apparently.
Now that facially valid is in general play, the popular meaning will probably accentuate the negative: looks innocuous, but watch it.