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"ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 1948, page 43",
"text": "At the time, with the D-Day invasion of Europe going on, their heroism was hardly noticed. Plenty of other heroes were dying elsewhere. Plenty of bigger bits of history were being made.",
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"The qualities characteristic of a hero, such as courage, bravery, fortitude, selflessness, etc.; the display of such qualities."
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"word": "hero"
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"word": "heroic"
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{
"word": "heroine"
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"word": "heroship"
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"word": "heroship"
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{
"word": "goodness"
}
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "basāla",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بَسَالَة"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "buṭūla",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بُطُولَة"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "herosutʻyun",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "հերոսություն"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "qəhrəmanlıq"
},
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "hjeraízm",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "гераі́зм"
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"roman": "heraízm",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"word": "гэраі́зм"
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"roman": "hjerójstva",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"neuter"
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"word": "геро́йства"
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "herójstva",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "гэро́йства"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gerójstvo",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"word": "геро́йство"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "geroízǎm",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"masculine"
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"word": "герои́зъм"
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "surai:kaung:wada.",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "သူရဲကောင်းဝါဒ"
},
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "heroisme"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "英雄主義"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīngxióngzhǔyì",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "英雄主义"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "豪氣"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "háoqì",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "豪气"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hrdinství"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroismus"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "heltemod"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heldenmoed"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "kangelaslikkus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "sankaruus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "héroïsme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroísmo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "gmiroba",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "გმირობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Heldenmut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Heroismus"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Heldentum"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "iroïsmós",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ηρωισμός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "gvurá",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גְבוּרָה"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "śaurya",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "शौर्य"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "bahādurī",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "बहादुरी"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "hősiesség"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "kepahlawanan"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "laochas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eroismo"
},
{
"alt": "ゆうそう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yūsō",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "勇壮"
},
{
"alt": "えいゆうしゅぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "eiyūshugi",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "英雄主義"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hiroizumu",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ヒロイズム"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qaharmandyq",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "қаһармандық"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "erlık",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ерлік"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "batyrlyq",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "батырлық"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "viirĕəʼphiəp",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "វីរភាព"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "viirĕəʼ sɑmbat",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "វីរសម្បត្តិ"
},
{
"alt": "英雄心",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeong'ungsim",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "영웅심"
},
{
"alt": "英雄主義",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeong'ungjuui",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "영웅주의"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "qaremanî",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "قارەمانی"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "qehremanî"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "baatırdık",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "баатырдык"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "kaarmandık",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "каармандык"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "erdik",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "эрдик"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "na rư kān",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ນະຣຶການ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "wī la kam",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ວີລະກຳ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "wī ra kam",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ວີຣະກຳ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroisms"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "varonība"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroizmas"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "didvyriškumas"
},
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"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "júnaštvo",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ју́наштво"
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{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "hérojstvo",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "хе́ројство"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "heroízam",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "херои́зам"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "kepahlawanan"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "hautoa"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroisme"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "heltemot"
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{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "kahramanlık",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "قهرمانلق"
},
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"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "qahramāni",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "قهرماني"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qahramâni",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "قهرمانی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "basâlat",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "بسالت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "bohaterstwo"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "heroizm"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
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"rare"
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"word": "bohaterskość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroísmo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eroism"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "geroízm",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "герои́зм"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gerójstvo",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"word": "геро́йство"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "śavas",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "शवस्"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "śaurya",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "शौर्य"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tapachd"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "хероѝзам"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "херо́јство"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
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"neuter"
],
"word": "јуна́штво"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroìzam"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "herójstvo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "junáštvo"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hrdinstvo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroizmus"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "junaštvo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "herojstvo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroísmo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ushujaa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hjältemod"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "heroism"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "qahramonī",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "қаҳрамонӣ"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vīram",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "வீரம்"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "batırlıq",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "батырлык"
},
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"code": "vi",
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"code": "vi",
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"masculine"
],
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"feminine"
],
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"word": "သူရဲကောင်းဝါဒ"
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"code": "cmn",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"masculine"
],
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"code": "hi",
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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],
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"code": "hi",
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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],
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"word": "ヒロイズム"
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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{
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "វីរភាព"
},
{
"code": "km",
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "វីរសម្បត្តិ"
},
{
"alt": "英雄心",
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"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeong'ungsim",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "영웅심"
},
{
"alt": "英雄主義",
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"roman": "yeong'ungjuui",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "영웅주의"
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{
"code": "ckb",
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"roman": "qaremanî",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"code": "ky",
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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},
{
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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{
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "эрдик"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "na rư kān",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ນະຣຶການ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
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"roman": "wī la kam",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ວີລະກຳ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "wī ra kam",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ວີຣະກຳ"
},
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"masculine"
],
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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],
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},
{
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"masculine"
],
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"neuter"
],
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "mk",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ms",
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},
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"code": "mi",
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"masculine"
],
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},
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "ota",
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"roman": "kahramanlık",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "قهرمانلق"
},
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],
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "قهرمانی"
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"rare"
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroísmo"
},
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"code": "ro",
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"neuter"
],
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"masculine"
],
"word": "герои́зм"
},
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"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "геро́йство"
},
{
"code": "sa",
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"roman": "śavas",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "sa",
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"tags": [
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],
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},
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tapachd"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "хероѝзам"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "херо́јство"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "јуна́штво"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroìzam"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "herójstvo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "junáštvo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hrdinstvo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroizmus"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "junaštvo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "herojstvo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "heroísmo"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "ushujaa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hjältemod"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "heroism"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "qahramonī",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "қаҳрамонӣ"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "vīram",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "வீரம்"
},
{
"code": "tt",
"lang": "Tatar",
"roman": "batırlıq",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "батырлык"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "wii-rá-gam",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "วีรกรรม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "kahramanlık"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "gahrymanlyk"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "gahrymançylyk"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "herojízm",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "герої́зм"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "herójstvo",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "геро́йство"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "bahādurī",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بَہادُری"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "basālat",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بَسالَت"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "qehrimanliq",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "قەھرىمانلىق"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "qahramonlik"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "chủ nghĩa anh hùng"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "tinh thần anh hùng"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"word": "heroed"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "gvure",
"sense": "the qualities characteristic of a hero, the display of them",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "גבֿורה"
}
],
"word": "heroism"
}
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