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  2. Jewface - Wikipedia

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    More recently, the term has also been used to describe inequality in casting of Jewish performers as Jewish characters. Whether "Jewface" is appropriate to refer to inauthentic casting, when Judaism is a mix of cultural, religious, and ethnic identities, has been debated, as has the focal point of these criticisms.

  3. Authenticity (reenactment) - Wikipedia

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    Another group of reenactors often is called "Mainstream". These reenactors are somewhere between farb and authentic. They are more common than either farbs or authentics. [citation needed] Most mainstream reenactors make an effort at appearing authentic, but may come out of character in the absence of an audience.

  4. Heideggerian terminology - Wikipedia

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    Heidegger, from his phenomenological perspective, calls this feature of human life "Being-with" (Mitsein), and says it is essential to being human, [9] classifying it as inauthentic when a person fails to recognize how much, and in what ways, someone thinks of themself, and how they habitually behave as influenced by our social surroundings ...

  5. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    List of common nouns derived from ethnic group names; List of religious slurs; A list of LGBT slang, including LGBT-related slurs; List of age-related terms with negative connotations; List of disability-related terms with negative connotations; Category:Sex- and gender-related slurs

  6. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  7. Character group - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a character group is the group of representations of an abelian group by complex-valued functions. These functions can be thought of as one-dimensional matrix representations and so are special cases of the group characters that arise in the related context of character theory .

  8. Party (role-playing games) - Wikipedia

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    A party of adventurers venturing forth in Tales of Trolls & Treasures. A party is a group of characters adventuring together in a role-playing game. [1] [2] In tabletop role-playing, a party is composed of a group of player characters, occasionally with the addition of non-player character allies controlled by those players or by the gamemaster.

  9. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    a group of persons, particularly in a military or scouting context. Generally, a group of two or more platoons and headquarters staff. (pl.) soldiers, members of the military (we sent 3000 troops) trooper cavalry horse troopship (obs.) rank held by a private in the Household Cavalry, Royal Armoured Corps or SAS