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"sense": "practice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "curandeirismo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šarlatánstvo",
"sense": "practice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "шарлата́нство"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "practice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "curandería"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "practice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "curanderismo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "practice",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kvacksalveri"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "practice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cwacyddiaeth"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "practice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "crachfeddygaeth"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "instance",
"word": "puoskarointi"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"quackery"
],
"word": "quackery"
}
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