우민

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 愚民, from 愚 (“ignorant”) + 民 (“people; commoner”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [umin]
Phonetic hangul: [우민]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	umin
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	umin
McCune–Reischauer^?	umin
Yale Romanization^?	wumin

Noun

우민 • (umin) (hanja 愚民)

ignorant people; the ignorant masses

Derived terms

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

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