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"feminine"
],
"word": "eugenika"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "eugenika",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "еугеника"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "eugenika"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "jeih-gheintyn"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "eugenikk"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eugenika"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eugenia"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eugenism"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "jevgenika",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "евгеника"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eugenika"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "evgenika"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eugenesia"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "rashygien"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "eugenik"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "butinsuplingan"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "สุพันธุศาสตร์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "öjenik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "soy temizliği"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jevhenika",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "євгеніка"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "yevgenika"
},
{
"alt": "說優生",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "thuyết ưu sinh"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "hügien bidädik"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "social philosophy",
"word": "ewgeneg"
}
],
"word": "eugenics"
}
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