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Korea Passing

noun

Etymology

From Korea + passing, a term coined in 2017, in allusion to the earlier term "Japan passing", coined when US president Bill Clinton visited China without visiting Japan in 1998.

  1. derived from *peth₂-✻
  2. derived from *pattus✻
  3. derived from passus
  4. derived from *passo✻ — “step, walk, pass”
  5. derived from passer
  6. inherited from passen
  7. suffixed as passing — “pass + ing”
  8. compounded as korea passing — “Korea + passing”

Definitions

  1. The phenomenon of South Korea being alienated from the international community in the…

    The phenomenon of South Korea being alienated from the international community in the course of discussions on North Korea in 2017.

    • The expression “Korea Passing” is being used more frequently these days by politicians and scholars in South Korea because they feel insecure while North Korea and the U.S. are talking mostly to each other.

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