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Hortative. In linguistics, hortative modalities (/ ˈhɔːrtətɪv / ⓘ; abbreviated HORT) are verbal expressions used by the speaker to encourage or discourage an action. Different hortatives can be used to express greater or lesser intensity, or the speaker's attitude, for or against it. Hortative modalities signal the speaker's ...
The offences of encouraging or assisting crime under the Serious Crime Act 2007 are inchoate offences. [3] In each case, the actus reus requirement is that the defendant carry out an act capable of "encouraging or assisting" the commission of another offence. An offence is committed under section 44, if this is done with intent to do the same ...
In other words, positive eugenics is aimed at encouraging reproduction among the genetically advantaged, for example, the eminently intelligent, the healthy, and the successful. Possible approaches include financial and political stimuli, targeted demographic analyses, in vitro fertilization, egg transplants, and cloning. [21]
Aiding and abetting. Aiding and abetting is a legal doctrine related to the guilt of someone who aids or abets (encourages, incites) another person in the commission of a crime (or in another's suicide). It exists in a number of different countries and generally allows a court to pronounce someone guilty for aiding and abetting in a crime even ...
Leno offered words of encouragement for anyone dealing with dyslexia in a 2017 video for the nonprofit organization Child Mind Institute.. Per the Mayo Clinic, dyslexia is a "learning disorder ...
Encouragement. Look up encouragement in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Encouragement may refer to: Incitement, the encouragement of another person to commit a crime. Encouragement (therapy) "Encouragement", a song by Don Toliver off the 2023 album Love Sick.
Prosocial behavior, or intent to benefit others, [1] is a social behavior that "benefit [s] other people or society as a whole", [2] "such as helping, sharing, donating, co-operating, and volunteering". [3] Obeying the rules and conforming to socially accepted behaviors (such as stopping at a "Stop" sign or paying for groceries) are also ...
Trump’s triumph drew comparisons to the 1892 reelection of Democrat Grover Cleveland — the only President other than Trump to regain the White House after he previously lost re-election ...