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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the feeling of being defiant",
"word": "meydan okuma"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "open resistance to authority, opposition, or power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "offener Ungehorsam"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "open resistance to authority, opposition, or power",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Widersetzung"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "sprótyv",
"sense": "open resistance to authority, opposition, or power",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "спро́тив"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "predizvikatelstvo",
"sense": "challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "предизвикателство"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "anstrengendes Verhalten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "problematische Haltung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Herausforderung"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "challenging attitude or behaviour; challenge",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dúshlán"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"defiance"
],
"word": "defiance"
}
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