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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"sense": "form of art based on multiple styles",
"word": "eklektismi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "form of art based on multiple styles",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "éclectisme"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"sense": "form of art based on multiple styles",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "Eklektizismus"
},
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"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"lang_code": "kk",
"roman": "éklektizm",
"sense": "form of art based on multiple styles",
"word": "эклектизм"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "form of art based on multiple styles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eklektyzm"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "form of art based on multiple styles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ecletismo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "form of art based on multiple styles",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eclecticismo"
},
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"sense": "form of art based on multiple styles",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "eklekticism"
}
],
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}
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