独善

Japanese

Kanji in this term
独	善
どく Grade: 5	ぜん Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
獨善 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どくぜん [dòkúzéń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ᵝzẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

独(どく)善(ぜん) • (dokuzen) 

1. self-righteousness, self-justified, self-complacent

Derived terms

• 独善的(どくぜんてき) (dokuzenteki)
• 独善主義(どくぜんしゅぎ) (dokuzenshugi)