극적

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Korean

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Etymology

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Sino-Korean word from 劇的, from (theater) + (-ic), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 劇的(げきてき) (gekiteki), itself calqued from European languages.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?geukjeok
Revised Romanization (translit.)?geugjeog
McCune–Reischauer?kŭkchŏk
Yale Romanization?kukcek

Noun

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극적 (geukjeok) (hanja 劇的) (attributive)

  1. dramatic (relating to theater)
    극적 아이러니geukjeok aireonidramatic irony
  2. dramatic, striking
    극적 스토리geukjeogin seutoridramatic story