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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "krasnobájstvo",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "красноба́йство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ritórika",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "рито́рика"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "рето̀рика"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"neuter"
],
"word": "го̀во̄рнӣштво"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "рѐчито̄ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "рјѐчито̄ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "краснорѐчиво̄ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "краснорјѐчиво̄ст"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "retòrika"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"neuter"
],
"word": "gòvōrnīštvo"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "rèčitōst"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "rjèčitōst"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "krasnorèčivōst"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "krasnorjèčivōst"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "rečníctvo"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rétorika"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "výrečnosť"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "govorništvo"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retorika"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retórica"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "retorik"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"word": "sayusay"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "baloġat",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"word": "балоғат"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "fasohat",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"word": "фасоҳат"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "waa-tá-sǐn",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"word": "วาทศิลป์"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "waa-tá-sàat",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"word": "วาทศาสตร์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"word": "retorik"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"word": "belagat"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krasnomóvstvo",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "красномо́вство"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "krasnomóvnistʹ",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "красномо́вність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "rytóryka",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "рито́рика"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "balāġat",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "بَلاغَت"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "art of using language for persuasion",
"word": "tu từ học"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šmatslóŭnascʹ",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "шматсло́ўнасць"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "šmatslóŭje",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "шматсло́ўе"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pustaslóŭje",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пустасло́ўе"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "slovablúdstva",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "словаблу́дства"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "mnogoslóvie",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "многосло́вие"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retòrica"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"word": "強詞奪理"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qiángcíduólǐ",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"word": "强词夺理"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rétorika"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "floskule"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "retorik"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kancellistil"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"word": "retoriikka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rhétorique"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retórica"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "reitric"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "roscaireacht"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "retórica"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustoslóvije",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пустосло́вие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "frazjórstvo",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "фразёрство"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slovoblúdije",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "словоблу́дие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pustozvónstvo",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пустозво́нство"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "рето̀рика"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "retòrika"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bahatoslívnistʹ",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "багатослі́вність"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "marnoslívʺja",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "марнослі́в'я"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "marnoslóvstvo",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "марносло́вство"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pustoslívʺja",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "пустослі́в'я"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slovoblúdstvo",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "словоблу́дство"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "slovoblúddja",
"sense": "meaningless language",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "словоблу́ддя"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"rhetoric"
],
"word": "rhetoric"
}
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