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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "jeongchijeok olbareum",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"word": "정치적(政治的) 올바름"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "politička ispravnost",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "политичка исправност"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "politička korektnost",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "политичка коректност"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "politisk korrekthet"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "politisk korrektheit"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poprawność polityczna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "politicamente correto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "correção política"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "corectitudine politică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "politíčeskaja korréktnostʹ",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "полити́ческая корре́ктность"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "politkorréktnostʹ",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "политкорре́ктность"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "corrección política"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "politisk korrekthet"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"word": "politik doğruculuk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"word": "siyasi doğruculuk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "being politically correct",
"word": "siyaseten doğruluk"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"political correctness"
],
"word": "political correctness"
}
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