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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"word": "szkeptikus"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"word": "skeptisk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"word": "skeptisk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"word": "sceptyczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
],
"word": "cético"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
],
"word": "céptico"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "skeptíčeskij",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"word": "скепти́ческий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"word": "escéptico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"word": "skeptisk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "skeptýčnyj",
"sense": "related to skepticism",
"word": "скепти́чний"
}
],
"word": "skeptical"
}
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