This knowledge is variously labelled as 'folk ecology', 'ethno-ecology', 'traditional environmental knowledge' or 'ecological knowledge', 'indigenous knowledge', 'customary law', and 'knowledge of the land'.

These can be further distinguished according to their analysis of the relationship of state, society and economy and can be labelled variously as 'realist', 'Marxist', 'functionalist', 'instrumentalist' or 'anarchist'.

Learners' ideas in science have been variously labelled as alternative conceptions, alternative conceptual frameworks, preconceptions, scientific misconceptions, naive theories etc.

The Council has been variously labelled a "think-tank"

- Yemen's president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is variously labelled as "petulant" and "bizarre" in his negotiations with US security officials who met him.

They are variously labelled "pro-democracy" and "anti-monarchy."

The band's exploration of American music for the project was variously labelled as "pretentious" and "misguided and bombastic".

These policy initiatives have been variously labelled as Equal Opportunities, Girl Friendly Schooling and anti-sexist programmes (see Arnot, 1986b).

In 1971 a group variously labelled Maoist or Guevarist, the People's Liberation Front (JVP) launched a rebellion.

The Cassandra metaphor (variously labelled the Cassandra 'syndrome', 'complex', 'phenomenon', 'predicament', 'dilemma', or 'curse') occurs when valid warnings or concerns are dismissed or disbelieved.