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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "bacʻasum",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"word": "բացասում"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "otricanie",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отрицание"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "negació"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǒudìng",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"word": "否定"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "negace"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"word": "negacio"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"word": "negado"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"word": "neado"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "négation"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Negation"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "árnisi",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "άρνηση"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "niṣedh",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"word": "निषेध"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"word": "negáció"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "neitun"
},
{
"alt": "ひてい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hitei",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"word": "否定"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "negasjon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "negacja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "negação"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otricánije",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "отрица́ние"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "negation in logic",
"word": "negácia"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"negation"
],
"word": "negation"
}
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