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An Irish bull is a ludicrous, incongruent or logically absurd statement, generally unrecognized as such by its author. The inclusion of the epithet Irish is a late addition. [1]
fr:incapacité permanente permanent disability; incarcération imprisonment incendiaire arsonist [167] incendie volontaire arson [167] incitation Usage notes: incitation au crime incitement to commit a felony [169] fr:Incitation à la haine incitement to ethnic or racial hatred; incitation au faux témoignage subornation of perjury [169]
Schesis onomaton ("state of nouns", from Ancient Greek σχέσις [skhésis, "state, condition, attitude"] and ὀνομάτων [onomátōn, "of nouns"]), often misspelled scesis onomaton, [1] was originally a rhetorical technique consisting of a sentence constructed only of nouns and adjectives.
Naumachia (detail): an imaginative recreation by Ulpiano Checa, first exhibited in 1894.. The naumachia (in Latin naumachia, from the Ancient Greek ναυμαχία / naumachía, literally "naval combat") in the Ancient Roman world referred to both the staging of naval battles as mass entertainment, and the basin or building in which this took place.
Reservation is a system of affirmative action in India that was established during the British rule.Based on provisions in the Indian Constitution, it allows the Union Government and the States and Territories of India to allocate a specific percentage of reserved quotas or seats, in higher education admissions, employment, political bodies, etc., for "socially and economically backward citizens".