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Offensive Weapon (band)
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Offensive may refer to: * Offensive, the former name of the Dutch political party Socialist Alternative * Offensive (military), an attack * Offensive language ** Fighting words or insulting language, words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite an immediate breach of the peace ** Pejorative, or slur words ** Profanity, strongly impolite, rude or offensive language See also * * Offense (other) * Offender (other) * Charm offensive (other) Charm offensive may refer to: * ''Charm. Offensive.'', a 2017 album by Die!_Die!_Die! * '' Charm Offensive'', a 2018 album by Damien Done * ''Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive ''Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive'' is a British radio comedy p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Socialist Alternative (Netherlands)
Socialist Alternative ( nl, Socialistisch Alternatief) is a Trotskyist political party in the Netherlands. It is affiliated to International Socialist Alternative. The party was involved in the Occupy movement in the Netherlands. History Socialist Alternative was founded as Inter in 1977. The name was shortly after changed to Forward (''Voorwaarts'') and from the early 1980s to 2010 it was called Offensive (''Offensief''). The party has gone by its current name since September 2010, "to clearly put forward the need for a socialist alternative, in a period when the crisis of capitalism is ever more central". Since 2022, members of ISA Netherlands have been working inside new socialist formations such as Socialisten 010 in Rotterdam and Democratisch Socialisten Amsterdam, who are split offs from the SP. Originally part of the Dutch Labour Party (PvdA), in 1998 Socialist Alternative (then still called Offensive) left the PvdA and joined the Dutch Socialist Party (SP), operating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offensive (military)
An offensive is a military operation that seeks through an aggressive projection of armed forces to occupy territory, gain an military objective, objective or achieve some larger Military strategy, strategic, Operational warfare, operational, or military tactics, tactical strategic goal (military), goal. Another term for an offensive often used by the media is "invasion", or the more general "attack". An offensive is a conduct of combat operations that seek to achieve only some of the objectives of the strategy being pursued in the theatre as a whole. Commonly an offensive is carried out by one or more division (military), divisions, numbering between 10 and 30,000 troops as part of a combined arms operational mobility, manoeuvre. The offensive was considered a pre-eminent means of producing victory, although with the recognition of a defensive phase at some stage of the execution. A quick guide to the size or scope of the offensive is to consider the number of troops involved i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Words
Fighting words are written or spoken words intended to incite hatred or violence from their target. Specific definitions, freedoms, and limitations of fighting words vary by jurisdiction. The term ''fighting words'' is also used in a general sense of words that when uttered tend to create (deliberately or not) a verbal or physical confrontation by their mere usage. Canada In Canada, freedom of expression is generally protected under Section 2 of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Criminal Code, however, limits these freedoms and provides for several forms of punishable hate speech. The form of punishable hate speech considered to encompass ''fighting words'' is identified in Section 319: United States The fighting words doctrine, in United States constitutional law, is a limitation to freedom of speech as protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 1942, the U.S. Supreme Court established the doctrine by a 9–0 decision in ''Chapli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pejorative
A pejorative or slur is a word or grammatical form expressing a negative or a disrespectful connotation, a low opinion, or a lack of respect toward someone or something. It is also used to express criticism, hostility, or disregard. Sometimes, a term is regarded as pejorative in some social or ethnic groups but not in others, or may be originally pejorative but later adopt a non-pejorative sense (or vice versa) in some or all contexts. Etymology The word ''pejorative'' is derived from a Late Latin past participle stem of ''peiorare'', meaning "to make worse", from ''peior'' "worse". Pejoration and melioration In historical linguistics, the process of an inoffensive word becoming pejorative is a form of semantic drift known as pejoration. An example of pejoration is the shift in meaning of the word ''silly'' from meaning that a person was happy and fortunate to meaning that they are foolish and unsophisticated. The process of pejoration can repeat itself around a single concept, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Profanity
Profanity, also known as cursing, cussing, swearing, bad language, foul language, obscenities, expletives or vulgarism, is a socially offensive use of language. Accordingly, profanity is language use that is sometimes deemed impolite, rude, indecent, or culturally offensive; in certain religions, it constitutes sin. It can show a debasement of someone or something, or be considered an expression of strong feeling towards something. Some words may also be used as intensifiers. In its older, more literal sense, "profanity" refers to a lack of respect for things that are held to be sacred, which implies anything inspiring or deserving of reverence, as well as behaviour showing similar disrespect or causing religious offense. Etymology The term ''profane'' originates from classical Latin , literally "before (outside) the temple", meaning 'outside' and meaning 'temple' or 'sanctuary'. The term ''profane'' carried the meaning of either "desecrating what is holy" or "with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offense (other)
Offense or offence may refer to: Common meanings * Offense or crime, a violation of penal law * An insult, or negative feeling in response to a perceived insult * An attack, a proactive offensive engagement * Sin, an act that violates a known moral rule * Offense (sports), the action of engaging an opposing team with the objective of scoring Media * ''The Offence'', a 1972 drama film directed by Sidney Lumet * "Offense" (''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''), an episode of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', 2008 Other uses * Offense (policy debate), arguments that make a definite value judgment about an advocacy * Religious offense, an offense against religion See also * Offender (other) Offender(s) or The Offender(s) may refer to: *A criminal, one who commits a criminal offense * ''Offender'' (film), a 2012 British action film * ''Offenders'' (2017 film), a Serbian drama film * Offenders (comics), a Marvel Comics team * ''The O ... * Offensive (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offender (other)
Offender(s) or The Offender(s) may refer to: *A criminal, one who commits a criminal offense * ''Offender'' (film), a 2012 British action film * ''Offenders'' (2017 film), a Serbian drama film * Offenders (comics), a Marvel Comics team * ''The Offenders'' (1921 film), a 1921 American melodrama film * ''The Offenders'' (1980 film), a 1980 American No Wave film *''The Offenders'', the working title of ''The Outlaws'' (2021 TV series) * ''The Offenders'' (TV special), a canceled crossover animated special planned at Hulu See also * * Offense (other) * Offensive (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
