> The reason was simply that that exact word was rarely used in other contexts
I had a similar problem when I was trying to convince a friend that homeopathy was a complete and utter fraud with absolutely no basis in reality. She was convinced that the internet's overwhelming consensus was that homeopathy was valuable and regular doctors were control-freaks who make things up when they don't know the answers.
To prove her point, she did an internet search for allopathic medicine and showed me how the majority of the results were negative.
I had a similar problem when I was trying to convince a friend that homeopathy was a complete and utter fraud with absolutely no basis in reality. She was convinced that the internet's overwhelming consensus was that homeopathy was valuable and regular doctors were control-freaks who make things up when they don't know the answers.
To prove her point, she did an internet search for allopathic medicine and showed me how the majority of the results were negative.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopathic_medicine
Just a humorous anecdote, not trying to start any conversations about the relative value of different medical paradigms.