主義

Chinese

		to own; to host; master to own; to host; master; lord; primary	justice; righteousness; meaning
trad. (主義)		主	義
simp. (主义)		主	义

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 主義

1. doctrine; -ism

See also

• 思想 (sīxiǎng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (主義):

• → Japanese: 主義(しゅぎ) (shugi)
• → Korean: 주의(主義) (juui)
• → Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa (主義)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
主	義
しゅ Grade: 3	ぎ Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Chinese (deprecated template usage) 主義／主义 (tsyu^X ngje^H). The word was already in use in Chinese with this meaning in the (deprecated template usage) 史記／史记 (Shǐjì), completed around 100 BCE.

Noun

主(しゅ)義(ぎ) • (shugi) 

1. a principle or set of principles, a doctrine, an ism

   あの人(ひと)は主義(しゅぎ)に基(もと)づいて契約(けいやく)を拒絶(きょぜつ)するはずです。

   Ano hito wa shugi ni motozuite keiyaku o kyozetsu suru hazu desu.

   I expect they will reject the contract on principle.

Suffix

主(しゅ)義(ぎ) or 主義(suffix) • (shugi or suffix) [[Category:Japanese
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1. -ism

Derived terms

• 共産主義(きょうさんしゅぎ) (kyōsanshugi, “communism”)
• 超現実主義(ちょうげんじつしゅぎ) (chōgenjitsushugi, “surrealism”)

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja in this term
主	義

Noun

主義 • (juui) (hangeul 주의)

1. hanja form^? of 주의 (“-ism”)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
主	義

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 主義

1. chữ Hán form of chủ nghĩa (“-ism; doctrine (unlike other CJKV languages, it's a prefix in Vietnamese, not a suffix)”).