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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "paganism",
"word": "pogányság"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "págántacht"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "igyo",
"sense": "paganism",
"word": "이교"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pāgānismus"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pāgānitās"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gentīlitās"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "anchreesteeaght"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pogaństwo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "păgânism"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "păgânătate"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "бѐзбоштво"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "bèzboštvo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "paganism",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hedendom"
}
],
"word": "heathenism"
}
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