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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading",
"word": "köntörfalazás"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nimaijita",
"sense": "Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading",
"word": "二枚舌"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dvosmíslenost",
"sense": "Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "двосми́сленост"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "dvosmíslica",
"sense": "Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "двосми́слица"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ekwiwokacja"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ambigüedad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "evasivas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "equívoca"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading",
"word": "tvetydighet"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"equivocation"
],
"word": "equivocation"
}
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