English Explanatory Dictionary

Donghak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An academic movement in Korean Neo-Confucianism, founded in 1860 by Choe Je-u, that arose as a reaction to seohak (西學, "Western learning") and gradually evolved into the religion known as Cheondoism.

Word forms

Donghak

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 동학 (donghak, literally “Eastern learning”).

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