견유

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 犬儒, from 犬 (“dog”) and 儒 (“Confucian scholar”) .

Noun

견유 (gyeonyu, hanja 犬儒)

1. cynic

Derived terms

• 견유주의 (-主義, -juui) cynicism
• 견유학파 (-學派, hagpa, hakpa) cynic school

Related terms

• 긔 (gui) (obsolete; informal spelling) dog
• 가히 (gahi) (obsolete) dog
• 개 (gae) dog
• 견 (犬, gyeon) dog
• 구 (狗, gu) dog
• 순 (順, sun) mild, docile
• 유 (儒, yu) scholar