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"word": "гедонисти́ческий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "devoted to pleasure",
"word": "hedonista"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "devoted to pleasure",
"word": "hedonistisk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hedonistýčnyj",
"sense": "devoted to pleasure",
"word": "гедоністи́чний"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "devoted to pleasure",
"word": "khoái lạc"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "devoted to pleasure",
"word": "phóng đãng"
}
],
"word": "hedonistic"
}
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