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"roman": "samootvéržennyj",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "самоотве́рженный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "beskorýstnyj",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "бескоры́стный"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "obetavý"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "nesebecký"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "desinteresado"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "osjälvisk"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "fedakâr"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "özgecil"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "özverili"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "samovíddanyj",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "самові́дданий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bezkorýslyvyj",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "безкори́сливий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nekorýslyvyj",
"sense": "having, exhibiting or motivated by no concern for oneself; unselfish",
"word": "некори́сливий"
}
],
"word": "selfless"
}
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