spurious language in English

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        "Synonym of ghost language (“a posited natural language which does not actually exist”)."
      ],
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          "word": "ghost language"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spurious language"
}

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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of ghost language (“a posited natural language which does not actually exist”)."
      ],
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        [
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          "posit"
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        }
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"spurious language" meaning in English

Noun

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