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"feminine"
],
"word": "акрофо́бия"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "fear of heights",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "akrofobi"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"note": "possibly less severe/pathological, like \"fear of heights\"",
"sense": "fear of heights",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "höjdskräck"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "fear of heights",
"word": "lula"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "fear of heights",
"word": "lagimlim"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fear of heights",
"word": "akrofobi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "fear of heights",
"word": "yükseklik korkusu"
}
],
"word": "acrophobia"
}
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