사유

Sino-Korean word from 事由, from 事 (“matter; thing”) + 由 (“reason”).

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사유 • (sayu) (hanja 事由)

1. reason, cause, grounds (for justification)

   Synonym: 연유(緣由) (yeonyu)

   정당한 사유 없이는 연기가 안 된다. ― Jeongdanghan sayu eopsi-neun yeon'gi-ga an doenda. ― There can't be a delay without a valid reason.

Sino-Korean word from 私有, from 私 (“personal”) + 有 (“own; possess”).

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사유 • (sayu) (hanja 私有)

1. private ownership or something under private ownership

   Antonyms: 공유(公有) (gong'yu, “public ownership”), 국유(國有) (gugyu, “state ownership”)

   자본주의는 사유 재산을 인정한다. ― Jabonjuui-neun sayu jaesan-eul injeonghanda. ― Capitalism recognizes the private ownership of property.

Sino-Korean word from 思惟, from 思 (“thought”) + 惟 (“contemplation”).

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사유 • (sayu) (hanja 思惟)

1. (philosophy) thought, reasoning

   Synonym: 사고(思考) (sago)

   • 2019, “‘個(개)人(인)’의 발견과 홉스 [Thomas Hobbes and the discovery of the "individual"]”, in Monthly Chosun‎:

     원시적·신화적 사유(思惟)에서는 물론이고 세계의 고등종교들에서도 보이는 보편적 현상이다.

     Wonsijeok·sinhwajeok sayueseo-neun mullon-igo segye-ui godeungjonggyo-deur-eseo-do boineun bopyeonjeok hyeonsang-ida.

     It is a universal phenomenon observed in ancient and mythological thought and in the developed religions of the world.

2. (literary) reflection, thought
   • 1956, Kim Nae-sung, 김내성(金來成), “誘(유)惑(혹)의 江(강) [The River of Temptation]”, in 失(실)樂(락)園(원)의 별 [The Star of Lost Paradise]:

     그 사유된 감각은 결국에 있어서는 개념적인 환각인데 불과하였다.

     Geu sayudoen gamgag-eun gyeolgug-e isseoseoneun gaenyeomjeog-in hwan'gag-inde bulgwahayeotda.

     The feeling that I had reflected upon ended up being nothing more than a mere conceptual illusion.