Korean slang profile
인권위
ingwonwi
Human rights commission
Short for a human rights commission.
- Expanded form
- 인권 위원회인권 위원회 (human rights commission)
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- 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
인권위가 발표한 의견서를 읽어 보았다.
I read the opinion statement issued by 인권위.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “인권위” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection explains it as short for 인권 위원회. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified. The abbreviation alone cannot identify the commission of a particular country or international organization; context is needed.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026