우민화 정책

Korean

Etymology

From 우민 (愚民, umin, “ignorant people”) + 화 (化, hwa, “-ize”) + 정책 (政策, jeongchaek, “policy”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [uminβwa̠ t͡ɕʌ̹ŋt͡ɕʰɛk̚] ~ [uminβwa̠ t͡ɕʌ̹ŋt͡ɕʰe̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [우민화 정책/우민화 정첵]

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

Noun

우민화 정책 • (uminhwa jeongchaek) (hanja 愚民化政策)

1. policy with the aim of keeping the people ignorant; obscurantism

Synonyms

• 우민 정책 (愚民政策, umin jeongchaek, “obscurantism”)

See also

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