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"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "aitihāsik bhautikvād",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ऐतिहासिक भौतिकवाद"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "söguleg efnishyggja"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "materialismo storico"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "唯物史観"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "istorinis materializmas"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "caritraparamāya bhautikavādaṁ",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ചരിത്രപരമായ ഭൗതികവാദം"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "historisk materialisme"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "materializm historyczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "materialismo histórico"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "itihāsak padārthavād",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕ ਪਦਾਰਥਵਾਦ"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "istoričeskij materializm",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "исторический материализм"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "историјски материјализам"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "historický materializmus"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "historični materializem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "materialismo histórico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "historisk materialism"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "tarihsel materyalizm"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "istoryčnyj materializm",
"sense": "Translations",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "історичний матеріалізм"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "chủ nghĩa duy vật lịch sử"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "Translations",
"word": "materoliaeth hanesyddol"
}
],
"word": "historical materialism"
}
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