Juche

//ˈd͡ʒuːt͡ʃeɪ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The core component of Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, the state ideology of North Korea. uncountable

    "What is Juche in our Party's ideological work? What are we doing? We are not engaged in any other country's revolution, but precisely in the Korean revolution. This, the Korean revolution, constitutes Juche in the ideological work of our Party."

Example

More examples

"What is Juche in our Party's ideological work? What are we doing? We are not engaged in any other country's revolution, but precisely in the Korean revolution. This, the Korean revolution, constitutes Juche in the ideological work of our Party."

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean 주체(主體) (juche, “self-reliance”, literally “subject”).

Related phrases

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.