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  2. List of religious slurs - Wikipedia

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    Jewish people as shrewd and money-loving; derived from the character in Shakespeare's play "Merchant of Venice". [70] Yid: Europe: Jews Yiddish word for 'Jew'. [71] Zhyd. Zhydovka. Russia. Ukraine. Jews From Russian and other Slavic languages, originally neutral, but became pejorative during debate over the Jewish question in the 1800s. Its use ...

  3. Lists of pejorative terms for people - Wikipedia

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    Lists of pejorative terms for people include: List of ethnic slurs. List of ethnic slurs and epithets by ethnicity; 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 ...

  4. List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church

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    People who found monasteries in dioceses without the bishop's approval, monks who do not obey the local bishop's authority or monasteries who accept slaves as monks without receiving permission from the slave's master. Religious and laity who run monasteries, martyrs' shrines or almshouses who do not obey the local bishop's authority.

  5. List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church

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    the people of Toulouse were excommunicated by the Council of Avignon in 1209 for failing to expel the Albigensians from their city. [ 50 ] Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor was excommunicated by Pope Innocent III in 1210 after he had invaded and taken over lands belonging to the Papal States as well as invading the Kingdom of Sicily that was under ...

  6. Excommunication - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) practices excommunication as a penalty for those who commit serious sins, i.e., actions that significantly impair the name or moral influence of the church or pose a threat to other people. In 2020, the church ceased using the term "excommunication" and instead refers to "withdrawal ...

  7. Category:Antisemitic slurs - Wikipedia

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  8. Civil disobedience - Wikipedia

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    "Justice-based" civil disobedience occurs when a citizen disobeys laws to lay claim to some right denied to them, as when Black people illegally protested during the civil rights movement. "Policy-based" civil disobedience occurs when a person breaks the law to change a policy they believe is dangerously wrong.

  9. Insubordination - Wikipedia

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    Other types of hierarchical structures, especially corporations, may use insubordination as a reason for dismissal or censure of an employee.. There have been court cases in the United States which have involved charges of insubordination from the employer with counter charges of infringement of First Amendment rights from the employee.