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TOPIK 6noun

형해화

hyeonghaehwa

형해화가 · 형해화를

hollowing out, becoming an empty shell (of a system or law)

Example

감시 기능이 없으면 그 제도는 형해화될 수 있어요.

Without oversight, that system could become an empty shell.

Word parts

형 form해 skeleton화 -ization

Literally 'turning into a skeleton': the form remains but the substance is gone.