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"sense": "period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood",
"word": "minderjarigheid"
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"roman": "arasrulc̣lovaneba",
"sense": "period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood",
"word": "არასრულწლოვანება"
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"word": "მცირეწლოვანება"
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"word": "미성년"
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"text": "Most people agreed, but a sizable minority were upset by the decision.",
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"text": "2017 August 25, \"Arrest threat as Yingluck Shinawatra misses verdict\", in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera\nThe case is the latest chapter in a decade-long struggle by the nation's elite minority to crush the powerful political machine founded by Yingluck's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, who was toppled in another coup in 2006."
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"roman": "ʔaqalliyya",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
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"word": "أَقَلِّيَّة"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "pʿokʿramasnutʿyun",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "փոքրամասնություն"
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"code": "az",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "azlıq"
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "əqəliyyət"
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"roman": "mjénšascʹ",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"word": "ме́ншасць"
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"roman": "malcinstvó",
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"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.nany:cu.",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "အနည်းစု"
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"word": "minoria"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "少數"
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"roman": "shǎoshù",
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"word": "少数"
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"word": "menšina"
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"code": "da",
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"word": "mindretal"
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"word": "minderheid"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "უმცირესობა"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
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"roman": "azşylyq",
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"word": "азшылық"
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"roman": "cɔɔnciət phiəktəc",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "ជនជាតិភាគតិច"
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "소수"
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "mažuma"
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"word": "اقلیت"
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"tags": [
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"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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],
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"word": "мањѝна"
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"word": "minoritet"
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"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kon-glùm-nɔ́ɔi",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "คนกลุ่มน้อย"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "ménšistʹ",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ме́ншість"
},
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "thiểu số"
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"code": "fy",
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"code": "yi",
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"tags": [
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{
"code": "my",
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"roman": "a.nany:cu.",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "အနည်းစု"
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{
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"feminine"
],
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"code": "eo",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "umciresoba",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "უმცირესობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Minderheit"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"feminine"
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"word": "μειονότητα"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"word": "מיעוט"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "소수"
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"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "mi",
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"code": "fit",
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
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],
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
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],
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},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "aqalleyat",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "اقلیت"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mniejszość"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "menʹšinstvó",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "меньшинство́"
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{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"feminine"
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"word": "мањѝна"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "menšina"
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{
"code": "sl",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "manjšina"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "minoría"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "kon-glùm-nɔ́ɔi",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"word": "คนกลุ่มน้อย"
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"code": "uk",
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"roman": "ménšistʹ",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ме́ншість"
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"code": "fy",
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"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
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"roman": "minderheyt",
"sense": "subgroup that does not form a numerical majority",
"tags": [
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"code": "af",
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"sense": "member of an ethnic minority",
"word": "minderheidslid"
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{
"code": "az",
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"sense": "member of an ethnic minority",
"word": "azlıq"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "malcinstvó",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority",
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"word": "малцинство́"
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{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "lunany:cu.",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority",
"word": "လူနည်းစု"
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{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "member of an ethnic minority",
"word": "vähemmistön edustaja"
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "umciresoba",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority",
"word": "უმცირესობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "etniḳuri umciresoba",
"sense": "member of an ethnic minority",
"word": "ეთნიკური უმცირესობა"
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"code": "ka",
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"word": "ეროვნული უმცირესობა"
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"code": "hi",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "gl",
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"sense": "period or condition of a person prior to reaching adulthood",
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"word": "არასრულწლოვანება"
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"sense": "of or relating to a minority",
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"code": "hu",
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"code": "it",
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