Handicapped or handicap may refer to:
In sports and games
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Handicapping, various methods of levelling the outcome in a competitive sport or game:
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Handicap race (disambiguation)
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Handicap (chess)
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Handicap (golf)
A golf handicap is a numerical measure of a golfer's potential that is used to enable players of varying abilities to compete against one another. Better players are those with the lowest handicaps.
Historically, rules relating to handicaps have v ...
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Handicap (go)
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Handicap (sailing)
Handicap forms for sailing vessels in Yacht racing, sailing races have varied throughout history, and they also vary by country, and by sailing organisation. Sailing handicap standards exist internationally, nationally, and within individual sailin ...
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Handicap (shogi)
In shogi, a handicap game (駒落戦 ''koma ochisen,'' 駒落ち ''koma ochi,'' ハンデキャップ ''handekyappu,'' 手合割 ''teaiwari'') is a game setup used between players of disparate strengths, in which one or more pieces are removed fro ...
*Handicapping, various methods of outcome prediction or levelling outcome predictions:
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Asian handicap, bookmakers' technique to level odds
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Political handicapping, the news process of trying to predict election outcomes, especially rather than focusing on the political issues
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The Handicapped", short story by Larry Niven originally published in 1967 as "Handicap"
Human condition
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Disability
Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society. Disabilities may be cognitive, developmental, intellectual, mental, physical, ...
, an impairment that substantially affects a person's life activities, and may be present at birth or arise later in life
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Self-handicapping
Self-handicapping is a cognitive strategy by which people avoid effort in the hopes of keeping potential failure from hurting self-esteem. It was first theorized by Edward E. Jones and Steven Berglas, according to whom self-handicaps are obstacle ...
, a psychological method for preserving self-esteem
Biology
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Handicap principle
The handicap principle is a hypothesis proposed by the biologist Amotz Zahavi to explain how evolution may lead to "honest" or reliable signalling between animals which have an obvious motivation to bluff or deceive each other. It suggests that ...
, an evolutionary theory (also known as handicap theory)
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