If 'inner-city' conveys racial content through social-indexical meaning rather than dictionary senses, the substitution test presupposes a false model of how the racial meaning is encoded.

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Encoded(how Hintikka-style models can be represented within the Holds framework): Converted or translated from one format or system into another while keeping the same meaning.
dictionary senses(philosophy of language): The straightforward, literal definitions you'd find in a dictionary, as opposed to the hidden meanings words pick up from culture and context.
racial meaning(philosophy of language and social philosophy): The way a word becomes associated with or communicates ideas about race, whether intentionally or not.
social-indexical meaning(philosophy of language): Meaning that comes from what a word signals about the speaker or social situation, rather than from its dictionary definition—like how 'inner-city' might trigger associations about race or poverty even if the dictionary just says 'urban center.'

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