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"sense": "quality of being selfish",
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"word": "خۆپەسەندی"
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"sense": "quality of being selfish",
"word": "സ്വാർത്ഥത"
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"sense": "quality of being selfish",
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"sense": "quality of being selfish",
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],
"word": "עגאָיִזם"
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"sense": "quality of being selfish",
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"sense": "quality of being selfish",
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"sense": "quality of being selfish",
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"sense": "quality of being selfish",
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