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},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "alternate personality or persona",
"word": "haliako"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "very close and intimate friend",
"word": "sydänystävä"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"alter ego"
],
"word": "alter ego"
}
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