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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "practice of viewing the world from a European perspective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eurocentrismo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jevrocentrízm",
"sense": "practice of viewing the world from a European perspective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "евроцентри́зм"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "practice of viewing the world from a European perspective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eurocentrismo"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "practice of viewing the world from a European perspective",
"word": "Avrupamerkezcilik"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jevrocentrýzm",
"sense": "practice of viewing the world from a European perspective",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "євроцентри́зм"
}
],
"word": "Eurocentrism"
}
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