"민주화" meaning in Korean

See 민주화 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [miɲd͡ʑuβwa̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: minjuhwa [romanization], 民主化 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 民主化, from 民主 (“democracy”) + 化 (“-ation”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|民主化}}, {{ko-etym-sino|民主|democracy|化|-ation|suffix=y}} Sino-Korean word from 民主化, from 民主 (“democracy”) + 化 (“-ation”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=民主化}} 민주화 • (minjuhwa) (hanja 民主化)
  1. democratization Derived forms: 민주화(民主化)되다 (minjuhwadoeda) (english: to democratize something), 민주화(民主化)하다 (minjuhwahada) (english: to democratize) Related terms: 민주주의(民主主義) (minjujuui) (english: democracy)

Inflected forms

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    }
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