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"Society",
"Human behaviour",
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"glosses": [
"Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by a writer to achieve a desired effect."
],
"id": "en-poetic_licence-en-noun-Nm04WKJZ",
"links": [
[
"departure",
"departure"
],
[
"convention",
"convention"
],
[
"factual",
"factual"
],
[
"accuracy",
"accuracy"
],
[
"writer",
"writer"
],
[
"effect",
"effect"
]
],
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{
"word": "artistic licence"
}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "digterlike vryheid"
},
{
"alt": "ḍarūra(t) šiʕriyya",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ضَرُورَة شِعْرِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llicència poètica"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīrén de xǔkě",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "詩人的許可 /诗人的许可"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yìshù jiāgōng",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "藝術加工 /艺术加工"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wénxué kuāzhāng",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "文學誇張 /文学夸张"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuàngzuò zìyóu",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "創作自由 /创作自由"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "runollinen vapaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licence poétique"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skáldaleyfi"
},
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"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pribhléid an fhile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licenza poetica"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poētica licentia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licentia poetica"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licença poética"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "licență poetică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poetíčeskaja vólʹnostʹ",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поэти́ческая во́льность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licencia poética"
}
]
}
],
"word": "poetic licence"
}
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"Any departure from convention or from factual accuracy taken by a writer to achieve a desired effect."
],
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"convention"
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"factual",
"factual"
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"accuracy",
"accuracy"
],
[
"writer",
"writer"
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[
"effect",
"effect"
]
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "digterlike vryheid"
},
{
"alt": "ḍarūra(t) šiʕriyya",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ضَرُورَة شِعْرِيَّة"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "llicència poètica"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shīrén de xǔkě",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "詩人的許可 /诗人的许可"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yìshù jiāgōng",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "藝術加工 /艺术加工"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wénxué kuāzhāng",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "文學誇張 /文学夸张"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuàngzuò zìyóu",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "創作自由 /创作自由"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "runollinen vapaus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licence poétique"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skáldaleyfi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pribhléid an fhile"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licenza poetica"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poētica licentia"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licentia poetica"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licença poética"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"word": "licență poetică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poetíčeskaja vólʹnostʹ",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поэти́ческая во́льность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "departure from convention",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "licencia poética"
}
],
"word": "poetic licence"
}
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