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Juche

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈd͡ʒuːt͡ʃeɪ/
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noun

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: زُوتْشِيَّة (zūtšiyya) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Bulgarian: чучхе (čučhe) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 主體思想 /主体思想 (zhǔtǐ sīxiǎng) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 主體 /主体 (zhǔtǐ) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Czech: Čučche — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Esperanto: Ĵuĉe — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Estonian: chuch'e — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Finnish: juche-aate — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • French: Juche — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • French: Juché — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • French: Djoutché — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Georgian: ჩუჩხე (čučxe) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • German: Chuch'e — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Hebrew: צ׳וּצֶ׳ה (chúche) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Hindi: जूचे (jūce) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Hungarian: csúcse — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Hungarian: dzsúcse — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Japanese: 主体 (shutai) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Japanese: チュチェ (chuche) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Japanese: 主体思想 (shutai-shisō) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Japanese: チュチェ思想 (chuche-shisō) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Korean: 주체 (juche) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Korean: 주체사상 (juchesasang) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Lithuanian: Čučhė — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Macedonian: Џуче (Džuče) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Persian: جوچه — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Polish: dżucze — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Portuguese: juche — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Portuguese: djutchê — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Punjabi: ਜੂਚੇ (jūce) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Romanian: Ciuce — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Russian: чучхе́ (čučxé) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Serbo-Croatian: Џуче — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Serbo-Croatian: Džuče — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Spanish: juche — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Turkish: Cuçe — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Ukrainian: чучхе (čučxe) — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Vietnamese: tư tưởng chủ thể — North Korean self-reliance state ideology
  • Vietnamese: chủ thể — North Korean self-reliance state ideology