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"ref": "2004, Geoff Nunberg, Going Nucular: Language, Politics, and Culture in Confrontational Times, page 239",
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
"word": "παλινώνυμο, αναβαπτιστής"
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
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"word": "rétronyme"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
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"neuter"
],
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"code": "el",
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
"word": "παλινώνυμο, αναβαπτιστής"
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"tags": [
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
"word": "レトロニム"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
"tags": [
"neuter"
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
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"masculine"
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"word": "retrónimo"
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{
"code": "pt",
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
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"masculine"
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"roman": "retrónim",
"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
"tags": [
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"word": "ретро́ним"
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{
"code": "es",
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
"tags": [
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"code": "sv",
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"sense": "A new coinage for an old concept",
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