Call and Deem

Call

Call verb - To think of in a particular way.

Usage example: I wouldn't quite call that cheating, but it's not entirely ethical either

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Deem and call are semantically related in think topic. In some cases you can use "Deem" instead a verb "Call".

Nearby Words: calling, called, caller, callback, callable

Deem verb - To have as an opinion.

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Call and deem are semantically related in think topic. Sometimes you can use "Call" instead a verb "Deem".

They come up with ridiculously obscure alternate names taken from shows they don't like for tropes they deem negative, so they can call said show the Trope Namer.

Source: Darth Wiki / That Troper
In Russia, more hardcore communists sometimes call those whom they deem communists in name only "white-pinkies" (belo-rozovy), combining the former use of "pinko" with white, the color of anticommunism since the Civil War.

Source: Names To Run Away From / Colors
This is justified; the Player Character is a Grey Warden, meaning they're above "normal" law and can use anything they deem necessary to defeat the Blight, so no one really has the authority to call them out on being a Blood Mage.

Source: Gameplay and Story Segregation

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