Effect
Guise
Guise noun - Outward and often deceptive indication.
Usage example: hazing rituals may have the guise of harmless fun, but often the reality is serious physical abuse
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Contrast God Guise, in which the effect is quaint or humorous rather than abrasive, Clap Your Hands If You Believe, where belief actually alters reality, and Flat-Earth Atheist, where disbelief makes you stupid.
Source: Belief Makes You Stupid - In Origins, a Mass Effect/Star Wars/Borderlands/Halo Massive Multiplayer Crossover, the Eridians have one on paper at least, but considering how much meddling has happened under the guise "If you do things right, the lesser races will not know you did anything", enforcement is weak at best.
Source: Alien Non-Interference Clause
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