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}
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "ernstig"
},
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
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],
"word": "جِدِّيَّة"
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"word": "լրջություն"
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"sense": "state of being serious",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "vážnost"
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"sense": "state of being serious",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "seriozeco"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "vakavuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "sériosité"
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gravité"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seriedade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ernsthaftigkeit"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sovarótita",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σοβαρότητα"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serietà"
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
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"word": "gravità"
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"lang": "Middle English",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "sadnesse"
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"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "state of being serious",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "powaga"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seriedade"
},
{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state of being serious",
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"feminine"
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},
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "seriozitate"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "serʹjóznostʹ",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "серьёзность"
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"code": "sh",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ozbíljnōst"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seriedad"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gravedad"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "ciddiyet"
}
]
}
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"tags": [
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},
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"text": "July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/\nThough Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment."
}
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"The state or quality of being serious."
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "ernstig"
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"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jiddiyya",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "جِدِّيَّة"
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "lrǰutʻyun",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "լրջություն"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "serioznost",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сериозност"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "važnost",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "важност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serietat"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gravetat"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vážnost"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
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"word": "alvor"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "ernst"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "seriozeco"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "vakavuus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sériosité"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gravité"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seriedade"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Ernsthaftigkeit"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "sovarótita",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σοβαρότητα"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "serietà"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gravità"
},
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"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "sadnesse"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
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"word": "alvor"
},
{
"code": "nb",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "alvorlighet"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
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"word": "seriøsitet"
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{
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"sense": "state of being serious",
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"word": "alvor"
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{
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"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "seriedade"
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{
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
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"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "seriozitate"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"roman": "serʹjóznostʹ",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "серьёзность"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ozbíljnōst"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "seriedad"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "state of being serious",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "gravedad"
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{
"code": "tr",
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"sense": "state of being serious",
"word": "ciddiyet"
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