Korean slang profile
능동적은퇴기
neungdongjeokeuntoegi
Stage of voluntarily leaving work for a new livelihood
A term formerly used for the stage of leaving a job voluntarily to seek a new livelihood rather than waiting for mandatory retirement.
- Expanded form
- 능동적 + 은퇴기active + retirement stage
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2007
- 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
인생의 전환을 다룬 글에서 능동적은퇴기를 설명했다.
An article about life transitions explained 능동적은퇴기.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “능동적은퇴기”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It is a name introduced in discussion of new divisions of life stages. The meaning is limited to the explanation in the material currently checked. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 10월 2주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026