Work previously done by people being substituted by machines; or such an action.

Actions or thoughts lose their subjectivity or creativity and become like machines. Or they become like that.

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기계

rapidity

rapid speed

rapidly

progress; radicalism

affirmation; acknowledgement

spirit; energy; enthusiasm; passion; course; class; flag; introduction stage in composition

backbone; mainstay; period; term

public order; law and order

machine; being machine-like; robot

mechanization

be mechanized

contribution

respiratory organ; organ; engine; institution; establishment

utensil; tool; implement; organization

waiving

famine; extreme shortage

fund

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The word

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Korean words

A tool or piece of equipment used for doing something.

(figurative) A person who is accurate and skilled in doing something, like a machine; or a person who does something repeatedly over and over like a machine.

(figurative) A person who acts independent of his/her thoughts or will.

기계機械

The hanja from which the word comes

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