개인숭배

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 개인(個人) (gaein, “person”) + 숭배(崇拜) (sungbae, “worship”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɛ(ː)insʰuŋbɛ] ~ [ˈke̞(ː)insʰuŋbe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [개(ː)인숭배/게(ː)인숭베]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gaeinsungbae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gaeinsungbae
McCune–Reischauer?kaeinsungbae
Yale Romanization?kāyinswungpay

Noun

개인숭배 • (gaeinsungbae) (hanja 個人崇拜)

  1. cult of personality
    개인숭배를 둘러싼 논쟁은 공산주의 진영에 확산되면서 국제공산주의운동의 분열을 가져오는 계기가 되기도 하였다.
    Gaeinsungbae-reul dulleossan nonjaeng-eun gongsanjuui jinyeong-e hwaksan-doemyeonseo gukjegongsanjuuiundong-ui bunyeor-eul gajeooneun gyegi-ga doegi-do hayeotda.
    As the debate over the cult of personality spread to the Communist camp, it also served as a beginning of the division of the international communism movement.
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