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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurd"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "anhetʿetʿ",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "անհեթեթ"
},
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"roman": "absurd",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "աբսուրդ"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "absúrdny",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "абсу́рдны"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"roman": "njedaréčny",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "недарэ́чны"
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"word": "неле́п"
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "bezsmíslen",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "безсми́слен"
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"word": "absurd"
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "荒謬"
},
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huāngmiù",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "荒谬"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huāngtáng",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "荒唐"
},
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "荒誕"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"roman": "huāngdàn",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "荒诞"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"word": "悖謬"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"roman": "bèimiù",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "悖谬"
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdní"
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"word": "absurd"
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"word": "absurdo"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "absurdi",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "აბსურდი"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "uazro",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "უაზრო"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"word": "მცდარი"
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "παράλογος"
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"code": "he",
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"word": "אבסורד"
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"word": "abszurd"
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"word": "absurda"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "tak masuk akal"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "id",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurd"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurde"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "assurdo"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bakarashii",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "馬鹿らしい"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "ja",
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"roman": "oroka",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "愚か"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"alt": "こうとうな",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kōtō na",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "荒唐な"
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{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "phdaah",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "ផ្ដាស"
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{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "prəəl",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "ព្រើល"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hwangdanghada",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "황당하다"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "ko",
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"roman": "bulhamnihada",
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"word": "불합리하다"
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdais bezjēdzīgais"
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "апсурден"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "gv",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "meecheeallagh"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "haraki"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "učir utgagüj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "учир утгагүй"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurd"
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{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "meningsløs"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "tåpelig"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"word": "onveninftich"
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"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdalny"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "niedorzeczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "bezsensowny"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdo"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurd"
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{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "irațional"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "absúrdnyj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "абсу́рдный"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nelépyj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "неле́пый"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "amaideach"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "bèsmislen"
},
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"word": "absurdo"
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "befängd"
},
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absürt"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "saçma"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "saçmalık"
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "absúrdnyj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "абсу́рдний"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezhlúzdyj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "безглу́здий"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "hoang đường"
},
{
"_dis1": "82 5 2 11",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "absurd",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "אַבסורד"
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"Inharmonious; dissonant."
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"(obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant."
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"ref": "1968 March 2, Joseph Featherstone, “A New Kind of Schooling”, in The New Republic",
"text": "Adults have condemned them to live in what must seem like an absurd universe.",
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"Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value."
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"Dealing with absurdism."
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{
"ipa": "/əbˈzɜːd/",
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},
{
"ipa": "/æbˈsɝd/",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "荒謬"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdní"
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"code": "da",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdne"
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "mõttetu"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdi"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "järjetön"
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"word": "absurde"
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"code": "gl",
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "აბსურდი"
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"code": "ka",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "უაზრო"
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{
"code": "ka",
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"roman": "mcdari",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "მცდარი"
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"code": "de",
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"word": "absurd"
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"code": "el",
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"roman": "parálogos",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "παράλογος"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "אבסורד"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"code": "io",
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "tak masuk akal"
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{
"code": "id",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurd"
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"code": "ia",
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"word": "absurde"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "assurdo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bakarashii",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "馬鹿らしい"
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "oroka",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "愚か"
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "荒唐な"
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"code": "km",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "ផ្ដាស"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "prəəl",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "ព្រើល"
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"code": "ko",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "황당하다"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "bulhamnihada",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"word": "absurdus"
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdais bezjēdzīgais"
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "haraki"
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"code": "mn",
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"roman": "učir utgagüj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "учир утгагүй"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurd"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"code": "nb",
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"code": "nn",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdalny"
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"code": "pl",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "absurdo"
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurd"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "irațional"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "absúrdnyj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "абсу́рдный"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "nelépyj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "неле́пый"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "amaideach"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "bèsmislen"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdný"
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"code": "sl",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absúrden"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurdo"
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absurd"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "befängd"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "absürt"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "saçma"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "saçmalık"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "absúrdnyj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "абсу́рдний"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "bezhlúzdyj",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "безглу́здий"
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{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "hoang đường"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "absurd",
"sense": "contrary to reason or propriety",
"word": "אַבסורד"
}
],
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"sense": "obsolete: an absurdity",
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "obsolete: an absurdity",
"word": "absurd"
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"sense": "that which is absurd",
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"sense": "that which is absurd",
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