Whether you agree or not, the term hacker is much more often used and considered as @simba9 mentioned - I have heard, while in college, a phrase similar to this:
“Person X is a hacker - he has no idea how to write clean code using mathematical principles.”
Historical definitions aren’t relevant in popular use - look at other words that change meaning over the course of history - correcting someone with its former meaning would be seen as odd and useless.
Again, you view on this seems to be distorted. If you define your own terms, you’re always going to be right - but others won’t agree, making it useless.
How am i defining my own terms if I’m referencing back the origin of the term? No one i know use your definition of hacking. In fact, this is the first time I heard that definition of hacking. In popular culture, hacking is referred as “use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system” and if you look up hacking competitions, they are usually involved Cybersecurity. You are simply contradicting yourself by stating definition of hacker that isn’t a popular use.
Like I said before, this discussion is pointless as we are simply disagreeing on definitions. If you feel like you need further discussion, feel free to PM me. I do not wish to hijack OP’s thread any further.