Merriam Webster makes a grammatically incorrect statement to try and define “Themself”
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The correct statement is “each person can decide for themselves” as “each person” is indicative of a plurality not a singular.
No it isn't. "Each person" is both grammatically and logically singular.
Well that's the stupidest take of the day, pray tell, what does each mean?
Each is a singular of a plural. “Each apple was delicious” is not the statement of a singular. “Each person can make their own decisions” is a singular under each but speaking of a plural.
As the dictionary says, "every one of two or more people or things, regarded and identified separately".
It’s more than one by any usage otherwise the term itself is redundant as I said before. The adverb also only represents the noun in question. This is why each use of “them” denotes a plurality