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"sense": "use of a verb or an adjective as a noun",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nominalización"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "use of a verb or an adjective as a noun",
"word": "adlaştırma"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "use of a verb or an adjective as a noun",
"word": "danh từ hoá"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"nominalization"
],
"word": "nominalization"
}
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