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TOPIK 5noun

감정 노동

gamjeong nodong

감정 노동이 · 감정 노동을

emotional labor

Example

콜센터 직원들은 심한 감정 노동에 시달립니다.

Call center workers suffer from intense emotional labor.

Word parts

감 feel정 emotion노 labor동 move

A direct match of 'emotional labor'. 노동 = 'toil and move'.

Good to know

Common in Korean social debates about service workers; often used with 시달리다 (to suffer from).