Korean slang profile
등정주의
deungjeongjuui
A summit-must-be-reached attitude
An attitude that climbing a mountain must end in reaching its summit.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2009
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
정상만 고집하는 등정주의에서 벗어나 산길 자체를 즐겼다.
I let go of summit-focused 등정주의 and enjoyed the mountain trail itself.
02Documented history
- 2009The National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』 lists the spelling and meaning of “등정주의” and gives contemporary media examples.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage context of “등정주의” were checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 『2008년 신어 자료집』. This verifies the examples included in the collection, not the original creator or actual first use.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The spelling and definition were compared in one official collection. The older article dates re-quoted there were not used as the earliest verified date; only 2009, the collection’s publication year, was used.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2008년 신어 자료집 (국립국어원)Published 2009Original source checked Nov 14, 2026