See cynosure on Wiktionary
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],
"word": "Anziehungspunkt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Blickfang"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fokus"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "țintă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "centr vnimánija",
"sense": "something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "центр внима́ния"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sredotóčije vnimánija",
"sense": "something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "средото́чие внима́ния"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration",
"word": "blanco de las miradas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration",
"word": "foco"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"cynosure"
],
"word": "cynosure"
}
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