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TOPIK 6verb

통섭하다

tongseopada [통서파다]

통섭해요 · 통섭했어요 · 통섭할 거예요 · 통섭하세요

to integrate, to unify (different fields of knowledge)

Example

이 강의는 인문학과 과학을 통섭하려는 시도입니다.

This course is an attempt to integrate the humanities and science.

Word parts

통 unite섭 encompass

Literally 'unite and encompass'; popularized as the Korean term for E.O. Wilson's 'consilience'.