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TOPIK 6noun

군사독재

gunsadokjae [군사독째]

군사독재가 · 군사독재를

military dictatorship

Example

한국 국민들은 1980년대에 군사독재에 맞서 싸웠습니다.

Koreans fought against military dictatorship in the 1980s.

Word parts

군 army사 affairs독 alone재 decide

Literally 'military rule by one person deciding alone'.

Good to know

Pronounced [군사독째] — the ㅈ after ㄱ is tensed.