Handicap
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Handicapped or handicap may refer to:
In sports and games[edit]
- Handicapping, various methods of levelling the outcome in a competitive sport or game:
- Handicapping, various methods of outcome prediction or levelling outcome predictions:
- Asian handicap, bookmakers' technique to level odds
- Political handicapping, the news process of trying to predict election outcomes, especially rather than focusing on the political issues
- "The Handicapped", short story by Larry Niven originally published in 1967 as "Handicap"
Human condition[edit]
- Disability, an impairment that substantially affects a person's life activities, and may be present at birth or arise later in life
- Self-handicapping, a psychological method for preserving self-esteem
Biology[edit]
- Handicap principle, an evolutionary theory (also known as handicap theory)