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Concealism 

A style and, arguably, genre of film-making in which real, non-actors are manipulated into becoming part of a fictional, plot. This is similar to the hidden-camera genre of comedy, but different in that the unwitting participants may be aware that they are being filmed - just not fully aware of the true nature of the filming.

Significant examples of cinematic concealism include:
Vampire's Kiss (1988) - some scenes featured Nicolas Cage interacting with real people, unaware that they were being filmed, on the streets of New York
Windy City Heat (2003)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
Bruno (2009)
Under the Skin (2013) - some scenes featured Scarlett Johansson interacted with real people, unaware that they were being filmed, on the streets of Glasgow
Look Who's Back (2015) - some scenes featured a man presenting as Adolf Hitler interacting with members of the general public in front of cameras, mostly assuming they were in some sort of comedy film
Impractical Jokers: The Movie (2020)
Bad Trip (2020)

The phrase originates from the comedy film podcast Diminishing Returns, following a discussion of the work of Sacha Baron Cohen, the film Windy City Heat and the film Vampire's Kiss (where the hosts finally settled on a specific phrase to use for the genre).
Sacha Baron Cohen is a master of cinematic concealism.
Concealism by Solmaquina August 30, 2020
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Concealing Glory 

When your little man is wanting to wake up before nightfall, so you have to hide him by doing obvious actions and you get called out by your mates.
Mate: Jim you fucking crossing your legs, you Concealing Glory?
Concealing Glory by Subway Squad April 15, 2016
When someone abruptly leaves a what's app group due to fake coronavirus symptoms.
Conalism was rife on WhatsApp yesterday.
Conalism by Conalcorona April 13, 2020

Concilism 

Concilism is a federal system of government organization in which the central government is divided into three branches: academic, legislative, and judicial. The academic branch of government accepts and trains aspiring legislators at a central political academy, graduation from which being mandatory in order become a national legislator. The legislative branch of government is bicameral. The upper "states'" council is elected by the citizenry with each state receiving representation proportional to its population. The lower "legislative" council is elected through staggered elections in the upper council, and is the only federal government body possessing legislative initiative. Proposed legislation must be approved by a simple majority vote in the upper council before being passed into law. State governments also have a veto over proposed legislation, requiring a supermajority vote in which each state possesses one vote. The judicial branch remains separate from the other branches, adheres to the rule of law, and exercises judicial review. The entire Concilist system operates under a national constitution which grants inalienable civil rights to all citizens, abolishes partisan politics, ensures the separation of church and state, and vastly limits the powers of the central government.
concilism is good
Concilism by concilistmt December 5, 2010

Concilism 

Concilism is a system of government organization in which the legislative branch of government is divided into four independent base councils that both vote on legislature and elect their members, internally. These base councils are presided over by a people’s council, it’s members elected by the citizenry, which holds a veto over any proposed legislature. The elimination of political parties and organizations leads to the executive branch simply becoming an unbiased instrument used to carry-out the legislature passed by the councils. The judicial branch also remains unbiased and separate from the other branches of government and operates under the Rule of Law. All branches of government and all citizens are bound legally by a written constitution.
Concilism rules
Concilism by MaxConcilist February 28, 2009

cancelism 

The ideology, or practice of canceling people for their opinions, thoughts, speech, and political views.
The ideology of cancelism is part of totalitarianism.
cancelism by Chaotic Yeet October 21, 2021

Cancelism 

The habit of people to cancel things or plans is called cancelism.
Lata, Shriya, Bhavkia, Garima, Ekansh, Kartik and ayush have a cancelism tendency.
Cancelism by ajadon September 16, 2023
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