See inversion on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1897, W. Havelock Ellis, Sexual Inversion, page 202:",
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"ref": "1975, R. M. Koster, The Dissertation, page 118:",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "being in an inverted state",
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"feminine"
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"code": "ga",
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"sense": "being in an inverted state",
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "being in an inverted state",
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"word": "transposición"
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "being in an inverted state",
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"code": "es",
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"code": "fr",
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"sense": "deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis",
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"sense": "deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis",
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"sense": "deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis",
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"sense": "deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis",
"word": "käänteinen sanajärjestys"
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"code": "fr",
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"feminine"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis",
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"sense": "deviation from standard word order by putting the predicate before the subject, in questions with auxiliary verbs and for the purpose of emphasis",
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