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独身主義 (どくしんしゅぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

独どく身しん主しゅ義ぎ

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Meanings

1

voluntary singlehood; singlehood by choice

Refers to the principle or personal creed of remaining single by choice, not merely being unmarried.

彼かの女じょは独どく身しん主しゅ義ぎを貫つらぬいている。
She sticks to her principle of staying single.

最さい近きん、独どく身しん主しゅ義ぎを選えらぶ人ひとが増ふえている。

Recently, more people are choosing singlehood by choice.

Kanji

独single, alone, spontaneously
身somebody, person, one's station in life
主lord, chief, master
義righteousness, justice, morality

Related words

独どく身しん
独身 simply means 'unmarried' or 'single' as a status, while 独身主義 is the ideology or deliberate choice to remain single.
未み婚こん
未婚 is a neutral, factual term for 'unmarried', without the ideological or voluntary nuance of 独身主義.

Built from

独どく身しん+主しゅ義ぎ

Etymology

Compound of 独身 (single, unmarried) and 主義 (principle, doctrine). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for ideological terms.