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"feminine"
],
"word": "любе́зность"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "modh"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "култу́ра"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "културност"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "kultúra"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "kulturnost"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "civismo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "civilidad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"word": "edep"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"word": "incelik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"word": "kibarlık"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "politeness; behavior which conforms to social conventions",
"word": "nezaket"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"civility"
],
"word": "civility"
}
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