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],
"word": "navalha de Ockham"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lâmina de Occam"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lâmina de Ockham"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "briciul lui Occam"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "brítva Ókkama",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бри́тва О́ккама"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Окамова бритва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Okamova britva"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Occamova oštrica"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Occamova britev"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Occamovo rezilo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "navaja de Occam"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "Ockhams rakkniv"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "làk gaan kŏng òkkaem",
"sense": "principle",
"word": "หลักการของออคแคม"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pryncyp prostoty",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "принцип простоти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "brýtva Ókkama",
"sense": "principle",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бри́тва О́ккама"
}
],
"word": "Occam's razor"
}
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