"우민" meaning in Korean

See 우민 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [umin] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: umin [romanization], 愚民 [hanja]
Etymology: Sino-Korean word from 愚民, from 愚 (“ignorant”) + 民 (“people; commoner”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|ko|愚民}}, {{ko-etym-Sino|愚|ignorant|民|people; commoner}} Sino-Korean word from 愚民, from 愚 (“ignorant”) + 民 (“people; commoner”) Head templates: {{ko-noun|hanja=愚民}} 우민 • (umin) (hanja 愚民)
  1. ignorant people; the ignorant masses Derived forms: 우민 정책 (umin jeongchaek) (alt: 愚民政策) (english: obscurantism), 우민화 정책 (uminhwa jeongchaek) (alt: 愚民化政策) (english: obscurantism) [common]

Inflected forms

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