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"sense": "not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender",
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},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gender-neiṭraluri",
"sense": "not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender",
"word": "გენდერ-ნეიტრალური"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender",
"word": "geschlechtsneutral"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender",
"word": "unisex"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender",
"word": "kjønnsnøytral"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender",
"word": "kjønnsnøytral"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "géndɛrno-nejtrálʹnyj",
"sense": "not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender",
"word": "ге́ндерно-нейтра́льный"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "not having, indicating, or being restricted on the basis of, gender",
"word": "könsneutral"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grammar: lacking gender assignment",
"word": "geslachtsloos"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grammar: lacking gender assignment",
"word": "suvuton"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grammar: lacking gender assignment",
"word": "épicène"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grammar: lacking gender assignment",
"word": "geschlechtslos"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grammar: lacking gender assignment",
"word": "agenus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "grammar: lacking gender assignment",
"word": "insexus"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nerodovój",
"sense": "grammar: lacking gender assignment",
"word": "неродово́й"
},
{
"code": "kji",
"lang": "Zabana",
"sense": "grammar: lacking gender assignment",
"word": "zemoliana"
}
],
"word": "gender-neutral"
}
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