Etymology

Juche

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Today it means: The core component of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea. Full definition →

Korean 주체(主體)
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The story

  1. Korean · borrowed from주체(主體)“self-reliance”
  2. English todayJuche

Borrowed from Korean 주체(主體) (juche, “self-reliance”, literally “a subject”).

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