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서인

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Korean

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Korean word from 庶人, from (ordinary) + (person).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰɘ(ː)in]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seoin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seoin
McCune–Reischauer?sŏin
Yale Romanization?sēin

Noun

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서인 (seoin) (hanja 庶人)

  1. (historical) in dynastic East Asia, a commoner without royal or aristocratic privileges
    세자 폐하여 서인으로 삼아라.
    seja-reul pyehayeo seoin-euro samara.
    Have the Crown Prince removed from his rank and render him into a commoner.

Etymology 2

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Sino-Korean word from 西人, from 西 (West) + (person).

The political faction was named as such because they were initially the supporters of the royal in-law Sim Ui-gyeom, who lived in the western part of Seoul.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seoin
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seoin
McCune–Reischauer?sŏin
Yale Romanization?sein

Noun

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서인 (seoin) (hanja 西人)

  1. (rare) Westerner
    Synonym: 서양인(西洋人)

Proper noun

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서인 (Seoin) (hanja 西人)

  1. (historical) a political faction in the Korean court which emerged in a dispute over the appropriate powers of royal in-laws in the 1570s, and which held power for most of the seventeenth century
    Hypernym: 붕당(朋黨)
    Hyponyms: 노론(老論), 소론(少論)
    Coordinate terms: 동인(東人), 남인(南人), 북인(北人)

Etymology 3

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Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 성인 (聖人, seong'in, “saint, sage”).

Noun

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서인 (seoin)

  1. Gyeongsang and Hamgyong form of 성인(聖人) (saint, sage)
  2. (Hamgyong) a holy Buddhist priest, a supernaturally potent priest