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minjok

minjok noun: race, especially a politicized, nationalistic Asian notion of it.

Noun

minjok (uncountable)

  1. race, especially a politicized, nationalistic Asian notion of it.
    • Instead, a post-nationalist perspective would recognize minjok to be a modern (and democratic) construct. To say that the minjok was constructed in the modern period means that the attempt to transform women, peasants, and slaves into ...1998, Journal of Asiatic studies - Volume 41, page 47
    • In our history we have a sense of minjok (similar to nation) but not of minjung (the masses). If we think about it from a different perspective, what actually exists is minjung, while minjok is only a related concept; however, what was continually emphasized was minjok and the minjung that made up...2013, Yung Suk Kim, Jin-Ho Kim, Reading Minjung Theology in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 91

Examples of minjok in a sentence

  • In our history we have a sense of minjok (similar to nation) but not of minjung (the masses).2013, Yung Suk Kim, Jin-Ho Kim, Reading Minjung Theology in the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN, page 91:
  • North Korea's real ideology is not socialism but a race-based Korean nationalism in which the DRPK is defending the Korean race (the minjok) against foreign depredation.2015, Robert E. Kelly, “Why South Korea is So Obsessed with Japan”, in Real Clear Defense:
  • Neither is the term minjung, for that matter: the concept of minjok has come to dominate over the last twenty years.2015, G Sellar, “The cinematic politics of Bong Joon-Ho”, in Arena Magazine:
  • The hum in their ideology is the Korean word minjok, which they would translate for us as “nationality,” but is much closer in the way they use it to race.[2018, “NICHOLAS EBERSTADT TRANSCRIPT”, in Conversations With Bill Kristol:

Origin of minjok

Unadapted borrowing from Korean 민족(民族) (minjok, “race, ethnicity”).

Questions about minjok

What does minjok mean?
Minjok means race, especially a politicized, nationalistic Asian notion of it.
How do you use minjok in a sentence?
In our history we have a sense of minjok (similar to nation) but not of minjung (the masses).
What part of speech is minjok?
Minjok is a noun.

Words near minjok in the dictionary

  1. Minjarez
  2. Minjarezes
  3. Minjary
  4. Minjay
  5. minjiangite
  6. minjok
  7. minjung
  8. mink
  9. mink coat
  10. mink coats
  11. mink frog

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