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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agnóstica"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "agnostic"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agnostică"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "agnóstik",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "агно́стик"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "neach-adhbharachais"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "агно̀стик"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "агно̀стича̄р"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "agnòstik"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "agnòstičār"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "agnóstico"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "agnóstica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"word": "agnostiker"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"word": "bilinemezci"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ahnóstyk",
"sense": "one who holds to a form of agnosticism.",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "агно́стик"
}
],
"word": "agnostic"
}
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