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Korean
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? | yeomo |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yeom'o |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | yŏmo |
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| Yale Romanization? | yēm.o |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 厭惡 (“to hate, to loathe”).
Noun
염오 • (yeomo) (hanja 厭惡)
- (literary) aversion, loathing, odium
- Synonym: (less literary, more common) 혐오(嫌惡) (hyeomo)
Derived terms
- 염오감(厭惡感) (yeomogam, “feeling of loathing”)
- 염오증(厭惡症) (yeomojeung, “chronic loathing”)
Etymology 2
Sino-Korean word from 染汚 (“to become dirty; to be dirtied”).
Noun
염오 • (yeomo) (hanja 染汚)
- Synonym of 번뇌(煩惱) (beonnoe, “(Buddhism) klesha, impure state of mind”).