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  2. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    Targeted demographic Meaning origin and notes References Pajeet Europe, North America: Hindus, Sikhs and other South Asians: A derogatory racist slur used in some parts of America and western countries to target Hindus, Sikhs and other South Asians. It is often employed to mock or belittle individuals, usually in a racist or xenophobic context ...

  3. Phishing - Wikipedia

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    One example is a study by the National Library of Medicine, in which an organization received 858,200 emails during a 1-month testing period, with 139,400 (16%) being marketing and 18,871 (2%) being identified as potential threats. These campaigns are often used in the healthcare industry, as healthcare data is a valuable target for hackers.

  4. Targeted advertising - Wikipedia

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    Example of targeting in an online ad system. Targeted [1] advertising or data-driven marketing is a form of advertising, including online advertising, that is directed towards an audience with certain traits, based on the product or person the advertiser is promoting.

  5. Propaganda techniques - Wikipedia

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    It is an inevitable process of selective influence over the individual's perception of the meanings attributed to words or phrases. Gaslighting Using persistent denial, misdirection, contradiction, and lying to sow seeds of doubt in a target individual or group, hoping to make them question their own memory, perception, sanity, and norms. Gish ...

  6. Sabotage - Wikipedia

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    The word sabotage is found in 1873–1874 in the Dictionnaire de la langue française of Émile Littré. [3] Here it is defined mainly as 'making sabots, sabot maker'. It is at the end of the 19th century that it really began to be used with the meaning of 'deliberately and maliciously destroying property' or 'working slower'.

  7. Loanword - Wikipedia

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    For example, the Hawaiian word ʻaʻā is used by geologists to specify lava that is thick, chunky, and rough. The Hawaiian spelling indicates the two glottal stops in the word, but the English pronunciation, / ˈ ɑː (ʔ) ɑː /, contains at most one. The English spelling usually removes the ʻokina and macron diacritics. [19]

  8. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    Principal is an adjective meaning "main" (though it can also be a noun meaning the head of a college or similar institution). Principle is a noun meaning a fundamental belief or rule of action. Standard: The principal achievement of the nineteenth century is the rise of industry. Standard: He got sent to the principal's office for talking ...

  9. Propaganda - Wikipedia

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    James Montgomery Flagg’s famous “Uncle Sam” propaganda poster, made during World War I. Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational ...