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"steroid"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(biochemistry) Of, being, or derived from a steroid."
],
"tags": [
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"biochemistry",
"biology",
"chemistry",
"microbiology",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"en:Economics"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
18,
27
]
],
"ref": "2023, Keyu Jin, The New China Playbook, page 48:",
"text": "Weaning China off steroidal industrial policies that feel good in the short run but are toxic in the long run is the key to sustained, high-quality growth and reconciliation of international disputes.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
83,
92
]
],
"ref": "2025 December 3, Oliver Wainwright, “An eco obscenity: Norman Foster’s steroidal new skyscraper is an affront to the New York skyline”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
"text": "The JP Morgan tower is not a one-off, but merely the first of a whole new breed of steroidal supertalls.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Characterized by rapid growth, especially growth that is unsustainable or out of line with economic fundamentals or expectations."
],
"links": [
[
"economics",
"economics"
],
[
"unsustainable",
"unsustainable"
],
[
"fundamentals",
"fundamentals"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(by extension, chiefly economics) Characterized by rapid growth, especially growth that is unsustainable or out of line with economic fundamentals or expectations."
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"not-comparable"
],
"topics": [
"economics",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈstɛɹɔɪdəl/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔɪdəl"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "relating to steroids",
"word": "esteroïdal"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "relating to steroids",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "steroidní"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "relating to steroids",
"word": "stéroïdien"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "relating to steroids",
"word": "esteroideo"
}
],
"word": "steroidal"
}
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