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"etymology_text": "A generalised use of Lebensraum.",
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},
{
"ref": "2010 (March 24th, 4:00pm): Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw, “Battlefield: Bad Company 2” reviewed by Zero Punctuation, 2:48–3:05",
"text": "Even when there aren’t any explosions going on, when you’re scanning a distant compound with your sniper rifle, trying to decide which soldier would be the best one to kill first, before every enemy in a two-mile radius deduces your exact position like a vodka-drinking sextant, everything from a certain distance disappears into this weird glowing haze, like the Russians are occupying the surface of Mercury — which is beyond even the most liberal interpretation of lebensraum."
}
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"Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain."
],
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"(chiefly with reference to nations and peoples) Hitherto unoccupied “living space” claimed as one’s rightful domain."
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "living space",
"word": "生存空間"
},
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "living space",
"word": "生存空间"
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"feminine"
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"code": "et",
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"sense": "living space",
"word": "eluruum"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "living space",
"word": "elintila"
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"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "espace vital"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Lebensraum"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "living space",
"word": "élettér"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lífsrými"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spazio vitale"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "przestrzeń życiowa"
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"sense": "living space",
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"masculine"
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"word": "Lebensraum"
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"roman": "žíznennoje prostránstvo",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "жи́зненное простра́нство"
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"masculine"
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"word": "ле́бенсра́ум"
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"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "living space",
"word": "生存空間"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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"sense": "living space",
"word": "生存空间"
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"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "životní prostor"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "leefruimte"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "levensruimte"
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"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "living space",
"word": "eluruum"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "living space",
"word": "elintila"
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{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"word": "espace vital"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Lebensraum"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "living space",
"word": "élettér"
},
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lífsrými"
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{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "spazio vitale"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "przestrzeń życiowa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Lebensraum"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žíznennoje prostránstvo",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "жи́зненное простра́нство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lébensráum",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ле́бенсра́ум"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "living space",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "livsrum"
}
],
"word": "lebensraum"
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