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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

주장

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jujang

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Allegation/ˌæl.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #3400 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 그 주장이 거짓이라고 말했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof.

    "Several people have made serious allegations against the mayor."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English word 'alegacion', tracing back through Old French 'allégation' to the Latin 'allegatio', meaning a formal statement or dispatch. Originally rooted in legal contexts denoting the assertion of a party to a legal proceeding, it has evolved in modern usage to encompass any assertion or claim made without conclusive proof.

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