"WG" meaning in English

See WG in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-prop}} WG
  1. Initialism of Wade-Giles. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Wade-Giles
    Sense id: en-WG-en-name-9Ls4sXeh

Noun

Forms: WGs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} WG (countable and uncountable, plural WGs)
  1. (uncountable, pornography) Initialism of weight gain. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: weight gain Categories (topical): Pornography, Paraphilias
    Sense id: en-WG-en-noun-YIwzqRR6 Disambiguation of Paraphilias: 11 81 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 91 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 18 71 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 82 7 Topics: lifestyle, media, pornography, sexuality
  2. (countable) Initialism of working group. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: working group
    Sense id: en-WG-en-noun-OPZXhmN6

Inflected forms

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            "Sexology",
            "Sexuality",
            "Love",
            "Psychology",
            "Sex",
            "Sociology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Emotions",
            "Virtue",
            "Social sciences",
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            "Human",
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            "Ethics",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Philosophy",
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