# Handicap

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{{Wiktionary|handicap}}
'''Handicapped''' or '''handicap''' may refer to:
==In sports and games==
*[Handicapping](/source/Handicapping), various methods of levelling the outcome in a competitive sport or game:
**[Handicap race (disambiguation)](/source/Handicap_race_(disambiguation))
**[Handicap (chess)](/source/Handicap_(chess))
**[Handicap (Go)](/source/Handicap_(Go))
**[Handicap (golf)](/source/Handicap_(golf))
**[Handicap (sailing)](/source/Handicap_(sailing))
**[Handicap (shogi)](/source/Handicap_(shogi))
**[Handicap (xiangqi)](/source/Handicap_(xiangqi))
*Handicapping, various methods of outcome prediction or levelling outcome predictions:
**[Asian handicap](/source/Asian_handicap), bookmakers' technique to level odds
**[Political handicapping](/source/Political_handicapping), the news process of trying to predict election outcomes, especially rather than focusing on the political issues
*"[The Handicapped](/source/The_Handicapped)", short story by Larry Niven originally published in 1967 as "Handicap"

==Human condition==
*[Disability](/source/Disability), an impairment that substantially affects a person's life activities, and may be present at birth or arise later in life
*[Self-handicapping](/source/Self-handicapping), a psychological method for preserving self-esteem

==Biology==
*[Handicap principle](/source/Handicap_principle), an evolutionary theory (also known as handicap theory)

{{disambiguation}}

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