성리학

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 性理學, from 性 (“character, personality”) + 理 (“reason, logic”) + 學 (“study”); abbreviation of 성즉리 (性卽理, seongjeungni) and 학 (學, hak).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?seongnihak
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?seonglihag
    McCune–Reischauer?sŏngnihak
    Yale Romanization?senglihak

    Noun

    성리학 • (seongnihak) (hanja 性理學)

    1. Neo-Confucianism
      Synonyms: 성즉리 (seongjeungni), 주자학 (jujahak), 송학 (songhak), 정주학 (jeongjuhak), 정주 이학 (jeongju ihak), 송명리학 (songmyeongnihak), 신유학 (sinyuhak)
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