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"word": "positivismo"
},
{
"alt": "じっしょうしゅぎ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "jisshōshugi",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"word": "実証主義"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "pozitivizm",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"word": "позитивизм"
},
{
"alt": "實證主義",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "siljeungjuui",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"word": "실증주의"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pozytywizm"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "positivismo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pozitivism"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pozitivízm",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "позитиви́зм"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"word": "pozitivizmus"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "positivismo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"word": "positivism"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"word": "pagkamakatahas"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"word": "pozitivizm"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"word": "pozitivizm"
},
{
"alt": "主義實證",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"word": "chủ nghĩa thực chứng"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "philosophical doctrine",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "positifiaeth"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"legal positivism",
"positivism"
],
"word": "positivism"
}
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