Yes, very much so.

…an beings communicate ideas to each other — the more abstract the idea, the more powerful the word. Words are, to a great extent, what make us human. As the philosopher Suzanne K. Langer wrote in her book, Philosophy in a New Key:
God Is a Metaphor
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Jim Mason
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Nov 8, 2021
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Yes, very much so. It’s the word “human” and its counterpart in other languages by which we literally define ourselves.
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