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TOPIK 4noun

정서

jeongseo

정서가 · 정서를

emotion, feelings; sentiment, sensibility

Example

음악은 아이들의 정서 발달에 도움이 돼요.

Music helps children's emotional development.

Word parts

정 feeling서 thread

Literally 'threads of feeling'.

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More formal than 감정; often means a shared sensibility, e.g. 한국인의 정서 'the Korean sensibility'.