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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 我執, from 我 (“me; ego”) + 執 (“grab; obsess”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | ajip |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ajib |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ajip |
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| Yale Romanization? | ācip |
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Noun
아집 • (ajip) (hanja 我執)
- (derogatory) egotistic stubbornness, obsession that only one's own ideas are correct
- Synonym: (less pejorative) 고집(固執) (gojip)
아집을 부리는 사람들은 온라인 공동 프로젝트의 주적이다.- Ajib-eul burineun saram-deur-eun ollain gongdong peurojekteu-ui jujeog-ida.
- Those who are unreasonably stubborn are the chief enemy of online community projects.
- (Buddhism, philosophy) the belief that the ego exists, in opposition to the Buddhist concept of anattā or non-self