"persuasion" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈsweɪʒ(ə)n/ [UK], /pɚˈsweɪʒən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-persuasion.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-persuasion.wav [US] Forms: persuasions [plural]
Etymology: From French persuasion and its source, Latin persuāsiō, from persuādēre, from suādēre (“to advise, recommend”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sweh₂d-}}, {{der|en|fr|persuasion}} French persuasion, {{der|en|la|persuāsiō}} Latin persuāsiō, {{m|la|persuadeo|persuādēre}} persuādēre, {{m|la|suadeo|suādēre|t=to advise, recommend}} suādēre (“to advise, recommend”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} persuasion (countable and uncountable, plural persuasions)
  1. The act of persuading, or trying to do so; the addressing of arguments to someone with the intention of changing their mind or convincing them of a certain point of view, course of action etc. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of persuading): oortuiging (Afrikaans), إقناع (ʔaqnaʕa) [masculine] (Arabic), հորդորանք (hordorankʻ) (Armenian), убеждаване (ubeždavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), persuasió [feminine] (Catalan), 勸說 (Chinese Mandarin), 劝说 (quànshuō) (Chinese Mandarin), 說服 (Chinese Mandarin), 说服 (shuōfú) (Chinese Mandarin), overtuiging [feminine] (Dutch), persvado (Esperanto), persuasion [feminine] (French), Überredung [feminine] (German), πειθώ (peithó) (Greek), שִׁכְנוּעַ (shikhnúa) [masculine] (Hebrew), rábeszélés (Hungarian), meggyőzés (Hungarian), persuasione [feminine] (Italian), 説得 (settoku) (alt: せっとく) (Japanese), suādēla [feminine] (Latin), убедување (ubeduvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), perswazja [feminine] (Polish), persuasão [feminine] (Portuguese), persuasiune [feminine] (Romanian), убежде́ние (ubeždénije) [neuter] (Russian), угово́ры (ugovóry) [masculine, plural] (Russian), coiteachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), persuasión [feminine] (Spanish), ikna (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-persuasion-en-noun-M1MVxX7b Disambiguation of 'the act of persuading': 77 13 2 4 3 2
  2. An argument or other statement intended to influence one's opinions or beliefs; a way of persuading someone. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-persuasion-en-noun-EP0Zmfaj
  3. A strongly held conviction, opinion or belief. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief): убеждение (ubeždenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), убедителност (ubeditelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), persuasió [feminine] (Catalan), 說服力 (Chinese Mandarin), 说服力 (shuōfúlì) (Chinese Mandarin), vakaumus (Finnish), suostutteleminen (Finnish), suostuttelu (Finnish), Überzeugung [feminine] (German), Überredungskunst [feminine] (German), meggyőződés (Hungarian), hitvallás (Hungarian), hit (Hungarian), felekezet (Hungarian), felfogás (Hungarian), pártállás (english: politically) (Hungarian), meggyőző erő (Hungarian), rábeszélő képesség (Hungarian), 説得力 (settokuryoku) (alt: せっとくりょく) (Japanese), Äwazeijunk [feminine] (Plautdietsch), убежде́ние (ubeždénije) [neuter] (Russian), убеждённость (ubeždjónnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), убеди́тельность (ubedítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), barail [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), beachd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), kanaat (Turkish), kanı (Turkish), ikna (Turkish), kandırma (Turkish), איבערצײַגונג (ibertsaygung) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-persuasion-en-noun-WNFPFruB Disambiguation of 'a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief': 5 5 83 3 3 2
  4. One's ability or power to influence someone's opinions or feelings; persuasiveness. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-persuasion-en-noun-w36PWedP
  5. A specified religious adherence, a creed; any school of thought or ideology. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Collectives Translations (a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs): overtuiging [feminine] (Dutch), kuppikunta (Finnish), Überzeugung [feminine] (German), убежде́ние (ubeždénije) [neuter] (Russian), itikat (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-persuasion-en-noun-RFKnpzmi Disambiguation of Collectives: 16 13 13 14 27 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 15 13 17 24 12 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 11 9 14 38 13 Disambiguation of 'a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs': 13 17 21 12 28 9
  6. (by extension, often humorous) Another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature. Tags: broadly, countable, humorous, often, uncountable Translations ((by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature): hovatartozás (Hungarian), faj (Hungarian), fajta (Hungarian), nem (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-persuasion-en-noun-RqOIYI4C Disambiguation of '(by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature': 5 3 3 4 4 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: perswasion [obsolete] Derived forms: burden of persuasion, persuade, persuasive, suasion

Noun [French]

IPA: /pɛʁ.sɥa.zjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-persuasion.wav Forms: persuasions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin persuasiōnem, from persuadere, from suadere (“to advise, recommend”). Etymology templates: {{uder|fr|la|persuasio|persuasiōnem}} Latin persuasiōnem, {{m|la|persuadere}} persuadere, {{m|la|suadere||to advise, recommend}} suadere (“to advise, recommend”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} persuasion f (plural persuasions)
  1. persuasion Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-persuasion-fr-noun-MUOKtZTG Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French undefined derivations

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          "lang": "Macedonian",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "sense": "the act of persuading",
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          "ref": "1928 February 13, “The New Pictures”, in Time",
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          "text": "It is his persuasion that abortion should never be condoned."
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          "text": "Social understanding and equality can neither be nurtured through fear, nor intimidation. Surely this goes for people of all sexual persuasions.",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "word": "vakaumus"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Überzeugung"
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "word": "meggyőződés"
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          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "word": "felekezet"
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        {
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "word": "felfogás"
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          "english": "politically",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "word": "pártállás"
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "tags": [
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          "roman": "ubeždénije",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
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          "word": "убежде́ние"
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        {
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          "roman": "ubeždjónnostʹ",
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          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "word": "kanı"
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          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "ibertsaygung",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ubeditelnost",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "убедителност"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "word": "說服力"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 5 83 3 3 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shuōfúlì",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "word": "说服力"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
          "word": "suostutteleminen"
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          "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
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      ],
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    }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "oortuiging"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaqnaʕa",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "إقناع"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "hordorankʻ",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "հորդորանք"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubeždavane",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "убеждаване"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persuasió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "勸說"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "quànshuō",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "劝说"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "說服"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuōfú",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "说服"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "overtuiging"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "persvado"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persuasion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Überredung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "peithó",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "πειθώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shikhnúa",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שִׁכְנוּעַ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "rábeszélés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "meggyőzés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persuasione"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せっとく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "settoku",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "説得"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suādēla"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ubeduvanje",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "убедување"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "perswazja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persuasão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persuasiune"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeždénije",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "убежде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugovóry",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "угово́ры"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "coiteachadh"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persuasión"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of persuading",
      "word": "ikna"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubeždenie",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "убеждение"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "vakaumus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Überzeugung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "meggyőződés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "hitvallás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "hit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "felekezet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "felfogás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "politically",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "pártállás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Äwazeijunk"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeždénije",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "убежде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeždjónnostʹ",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "убеждённость"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barail"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beachd"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "kanaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "kanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ibertsaygung",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "איבערצײַגונג"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ubeditelnost",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "убедителност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "persuasió"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "說服力"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuōfúlì",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "说服力"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "suostutteleminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "suostuttelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Überredungskunst"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "meggyőző erő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "rábeszélő képesség"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せっとくりょく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "settokuryoku",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "説得力"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeždénije",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubedítelʹnostʹ",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "убеди́тельность"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "ikna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a strongly held conviction, opinion or belief",
      "word": "kandırma"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "overtuiging"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs",
      "word": "kuppikunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Überzeugung"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ubeždénije",
      "sense": "a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "убежде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a sort, type, or kind with respect to convictions and beliefs",
      "word": "itikat"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature",
      "word": "hovatartozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(by extension, often humorously) another personal, animal or inanimate trait that is not (very) liable to be changed by persuasion, such as sex, gender, ethnicity, origin, profession or nature",
      "word": "nem"
    }
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  ],
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}

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