우민 정책

Korean

Etymology

From 우민 (愚民, umin, “ignorant people”) + 정책 (政策, jeongchaek, “policy”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [umin t͡ɕʌ̹ŋt͡ɕʰɛk̚] ~ [umin t͡ɕʌ̹ŋt͡ɕʰe̞k̚]
Phonetic hangul: [우민 정책/우민 정첵]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	umin jeongchaek
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	umin jeongchaeg
McCune–Reischauer^?	umin chŏngch'aek
Yale Romanization^?	wumin cengchayk

Noun

우민 정책 • (umin jeongchaek) (hanja 愚民政策)

policy with the aim of keeping the people ignorant; obscurantism

Synonyms

우민화 정책 (愚民化政策, uminhwa jeongchaek, “obscurantism”) (more common)

See also

몽매주의 (蒙昧主義, mongmaejuui, “obscurantism”)

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