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  • article on "conspicuous", but its sister project Wiktionary does: Read the Wiktionary entry "conspicuous" You can also: Search for Conspicuous in Wikipedia...
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  • Conspicuous conservation describes consumers who purchase environmentally friendly products in order to signal a higher social status. The term is derived...
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    In sociology and in economics, the term conspicuous consumption describes and explains the consumer practice of buying and using goods of a higher quality...
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    Conspicuous leisure is a concept introduced by the American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in The Theory of the Leisure Class (1899). Conspicuous...
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  • based on the concepts of conspicuous consumption, conspicuous leisure, and the performative turn. This is similar to conspicuous consumption except that...
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    The Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC) is a second level military decoration of the British Armed Forces. Created in 1993 and first awarded in 1995, it...
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  • The Conspicuous Service Medal (CSM) is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the Australian Defence Force, and officers and instructors of the...
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  • Conspicuous Service Cross can refer to: Conspicuous Service Cross (Australia) Conspicuous Service Cross (New York) Conspicuous Service Cross (United Kingdom)...
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  • The Conspicuous Gallantry Decoration was Rhodesia's highest civil decoration and the second-highest award available to members of the armed forces. It...
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    The Conspicuous Leadership Star, post-nominal letters CLS, was instituted by the President of the Republic of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded...
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    chemical defense. Conspicuousness and toxicity may be inversely related, as polymorphic poison dart frogs that are less conspicuous are more toxic than...
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    The Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (CGM) was, until 1993, a British military decoration for gallantry in action for petty officers and seamen of the Royal...
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  • Gallantry was a Rhodesian gallantry award. A handful were awarded for conspicuous gallantry to members of the British South Africa Police, Police Support...
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  • (English: Conspicuous Gallantry Medal) is a medal instituted in 1962. It is awarded to any person in Singapore that has performed "an act of conspicuous gallantry...
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  • Conspicuous Only in Its Absence is a live album by the American psychedelic rock band the Great Society, released in 1968 by Columbia Records. It was...
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  • The Pingat Gagah Perkasa (Tentera) (English: Conspicuous Gallantry Medal (Military)) is a decoration awarded to members of the Singapore Armed Forces...
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    The Star for Conspicuous Leadership, post-nominal letters SCL, was instituted by the President of the Republic of South Africa in April 1996. It was awarded...
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    The Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC) is a decoration (medal) of the Australian honours system. It is awarded to members of the Australian Defence Force...
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    Andrés López-Sepulcre, Johanna Mappes (2015). "Predator mimicry, not conspicuousness, explains the efficacy of butterfly eyespots". Proceedings of the Royal...
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    awarded posthumously. The award was originally created in 1901 as the Conspicuous Service Cross, for award to warrant and subordinate officers, including...
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