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{
"sense": "state of being more than one",
"word": "singularity"
}
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"etymology_text": "plural + -ity, from Middle English pluralite, from Old French pluralité (“multitude, state of being plural”), from Latin plūrālitās.",
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"tags": [
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}
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"The state of being plural."
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],
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"(uncountable) The state of being plural."
],
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "množestvenost",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"roman": "mnogočislenost",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
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],
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluralitat"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "monikollisuus"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluralidade"
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "mravlobitoba",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "მრავლობითობა"
},
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"roman": "umravlesoba",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "უმრავლესობა"
},
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"code": "ka",
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"roman": "umeṭesoba",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "უმეტესობა"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pluralität"
},
{
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pollaplótita",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πολλαπλότητα"
},
{
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "pluralizmus"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"topics": [
"grammar",
"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
"word": "többes szám"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "pluralitas"
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"code": "id",
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "kemajemukan"
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "keanekaragaman"
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"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluralità"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "plūrālitās"
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"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "yl-raght"
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{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluralidade"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluralitate"
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{
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mnóžestvennostʹ",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мно́жественность"
},
{
"_dis1": "62 3 24 0 1 0 1 0 2 6",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluralidad"
},
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "çoğulluk"
}
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"ref": "1644, John Milton, Areopagitica",
"text": "It was the complaint and lamentation of Prelats, upon every least breath of a motion to remove pluralities, and distribute more equally Church revennu's, that then all learning would be for ever dasht and discourag'd.",
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}
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"The holding of multiple benefices."
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"(ecclesiastical) The holding of multiple benefices."
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"word": "pluralism"
}
],
"tags": [
"countable",
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],
"topics": [
"ecclesiastical",
"lifestyle",
"religion"
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ecclesiastical: the holding of multiple benefices",
"word": "useamman kirkkoherranviran pitäminen"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ecclesiastical: the holding of multiple benefices",
"word": "javadalomhalmozás"
},
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"code": "hu",
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"word": "-halmozás"
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"name": "Multiplicity (psychology)",
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"glosses": [
"A state of being numerous."
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"(countable) A state of being numerous."
],
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}
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"sense": "a state of being numerous",
"word": "runsaus"
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"sense": "a state of being numerous",
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"A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority."
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"(countable) A number or part of a whole which is greater than any other number or part, but not necessarily a majority."
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"ref": "1977 September 8, \"Crime against clarity\", editorial, Bangor Daily News, page 14 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=818zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TiMIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1343,2352985",
"text": "To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a plurality of votes is required."
}
],
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"A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast."
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"(countable) A number of votes for a single candidate or position which is greater than the number of votes gained by any other single candidate or position voted for, but which is less than a majority of valid votes cast."
],
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"word": "relative majority"
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{
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"roman": "bolšinstvo",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "suhteellinen enemmistö"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šedarebiti umravlesoba",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "შედარებითი უმრავლესობა"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "pardobiti umravlesoba",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "ფარდობითი უმრავლესობა"
},
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rov yahasi",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "רוב יַחֲסִי"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "relatív többség"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "aksariyat-e nesbi",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "اکثریت نسبی"
},
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "relativ majoritet"
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"word": "enkel majoritet"
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"ref": "1948 December 10, “President Race Ignored by 683,382 Voters”, in The Deseret News, page A-2",
"text": "Truman's total vote was 24,104,836. Dewey received 21,969,500;[…]. Truman won by a plurality of 2,135,336, but it was the first time since 1916 that a winner has failed to capture a majority of all votes cast.",
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"A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes."
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"(countable) A margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes."
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "a margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes",
"word": "ääniero"
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{
"text": "A plurality of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand."
}
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"A group of many entities: a large number."
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"(countable) A group of many entities: a large number."
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "joukko"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "group of many entities: a large number",
"word": "kasa"
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"_dis1": "2 4 7 3 3 3 70 3 0 5",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group of many entities: a large number",
"word": "liuta"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "group of many entities: a large number",
"word": "sokaság"
}
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1989, United States Patent 5065364, abstract",
"text": "The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks."
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"A group composed of more than one entity."
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"(countable) A group composed of more than one entity."
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "množestvo",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
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],
"word": "множество"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
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"word": "pluralitat"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
"word": "pluraĵo"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
"word": "moninaisuus"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mnóžestvo",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мно́жество"
}
]
},
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"Polygamy."
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"(of spouses) Polygamy."
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"ref": "2016, Lori F. Clarke, “Embracing Polyphony: Voices, Improvisation, and the Hearing Voices Network”, in Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, and Practice, volume 5, number 2, page 1",
"text": "In this paper I argue that hearing voices experiences and plurality are part of a broad, rich, and complex spectrum of human experience, […]",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020, Tynan Drake, \"Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction\", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 5",
"text": "Clinical psychology tends to lean towards early childhood trauma as an explanation for the development of plurality, but many members of the plurality community report experiencing a multiplicity of selves before, or even completely in the absence of, trauma."
},
{
"ref": "2020, Meg-John Barker, “Plural selves, queer, and comics”, in Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, volume 11, number 4",
"text": "People often find it easiest to recognise plurality in themselves when they reflect on how they behave in different relationships or situations.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1977 September 8, \"Crime against clarity\", editorial, Bangor Daily News, page 14 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=818zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TiMIAAAAIBAJ&pg=1343,2352985",
"text": "To repeal the tax (Question I), a 50 per cent majority vote is required. To keep the tax in its 1976 form (Question III), only a plurality of votes is required."
}
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"ref": "1948 December 10, “President Race Ignored by 683,382 Voters”, in The Deseret News, page A-2",
"text": "Truman's total vote was 24,104,836. Dewey received 21,969,500;[…]. Truman won by a plurality of 2,135,336, but it was the first time since 1916 that a winner has failed to capture a majority of all votes cast.",
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"text": "A plurality of ideas were put forth at the meeting, most of which were rejected out of hand."
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"ref": "1989, United States Patent 5065364, abstract",
"text": "The array is organized into a plurality of vertical (column) blocks."
}
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"(of spouses) Polygamy."
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"ref": "2016, Lori F. Clarke, “Embracing Polyphony: Voices, Improvisation, and the Hearing Voices Network”, in Intersectionalities: A Global Journal of Social Work Analysis, Research, Polity, and Practice, volume 5, number 2, page 1",
"text": "In this paper I argue that hearing voices experiences and plurality are part of a broad, rich, and complex spectrum of human experience, […]",
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"ref": "2020, Tynan Drake, \"Intersectional Representation: LGBTQ+ and neurodiverse voices in transmedia fiction\", paper submitted to Ball State University, page 5",
"text": "Clinical psychology tends to lean towards early childhood trauma as an explanation for the development of plurality, but many members of the plurality community report experiencing a multiplicity of selves before, or even completely in the absence of, trauma."
},
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"ref": "2020, Meg-John Barker, “Plural selves, queer, and comics”, in Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics, volume 11, number 4",
"text": "People often find it easiest to recognise plurality in themselves when they reflect on how they behave in different relationships or situations.",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "množestvenost",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "monikollisuus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "moninaisuus"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluralité"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluralidade"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "mravlobitoba",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "მრავლობითობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "umravlesoba",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "უმრავლესობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "umeṭesoba",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "უმეტესობა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Pluralität"
},
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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "πολλαπλότητα"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "pluralizmus"
},
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
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"linguistics",
"human-sciences",
"sciences"
],
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "pluralitas"
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"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
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"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
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"word": "pluralità"
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
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"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "pluralidade"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
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},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mnóžestvennostʹ",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
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"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "the state of being plural",
"word": "çoğulluk"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ecclesiastical: the holding of multiple benefices",
"word": "useamman kirkkoherranviran pitäminen"
},
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ecclesiastical: the holding of multiple benefices",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a state of being numerous",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a state of being numerous",
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bolšinstvo",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "relatieve meerderheid"
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "relativa plimulto"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "suhteellinen enemmistö"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "šedarebiti umravlesoba",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "შედარებითი უმრავლესობა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "pardobiti umravlesoba",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "ფარდობითი უმრავლესობა"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "rov yahasi",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "רוב יַחֲסִי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "relatív többség"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "aksariyat-e nesbi",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "اکثریت نسبی"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "relativ majoritet"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "most votes in election, but less than 50%",
"word": "enkel majoritet"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a margin by which a number exceeds another number, especially of votes",
"word": "ääniero"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group of many entities: a large number",
"word": "joukko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group of many entities: a large number",
"word": "kasa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group of many entities: a large number",
"word": "liuta"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "group of many entities: a large number",
"word": "sokaság"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "množestvo",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "множество"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pluralitat"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
"word": "pluraĵo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
"word": "moninaisuus"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mnóžestvo",
"sense": "group composed of more than one entity",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "мно́жество"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "psychology: the condition of a single body/person displaying multiple distinct personas",
"word": "monipersoonallisuus"
}
],
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"plurality"
],
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}
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