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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "oxlokrátija",
"sense": "government by the masses",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "охлокра́тія"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "government by the masses",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "torflywodraeth"
}
],
"word": "ochlocracy"
}
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