🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

가정부 중개업소

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gajeongbu junggae-eopso

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Domestic-agency/dəˈmɛs.tɪk ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그들은 신뢰할 수 있는 가정부 중개업소를 이용했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The capacity of individuals, particularly within a household or family structure, to act independently and make their own free choices regarding domestic matters.

    "Modern sociological studies emphasize the importance of domestic agency in reshaping traditional family roles."
  2. 2

    An organization or business that provides domestic services, such as home staffing or household management.

    "She hired a reliable domestic agency to assist with household maintenance and childcare."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'domestic,' derived from Latin 'domesticus' (pertaining to the house or household, from domus 'house'), and 'agency,' originating from Latin 'agentia' (action or faculty of doing, from agere 'to do, drive'). Historically used in political science and sociology, it evolved to describe the autonomous capacity of individuals or groups within a household or domestic sphere.

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