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TOPIK 4noun

민주화

minjuhwa

민주화가 · 민주화를

democratization

Example

한국은 1980년대에 많은 노력으로 민주화를 이루었어요.

Korea achieved democratization in the 1980s through great effort.

Word parts

민 people주 master화 -ize

민주 'democracy' plus -화 '-ization'.

Good to know

민주화 운동 usually refers to Korea's pro-democracy movement, such as Gwangju 1980 and June 1987.