🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

솔직함

Pronunciation / Transliteration: soljikham

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Candor/ˈkæn.dər/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그의 솔직함은 대화에서 큰 도움이 되었다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The quality of being open, honest, and direct in speech or expression; frankness.

    "The manager spoke with refreshing candor about the company's financial challenges."
  2. 2

    Freedom from bias, prejudice, or malice; fairness and impartiality.

    "She evaluated the competing proposals with absolute candor."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin candor, meaning 'shining white' or 'brightness,' from candere 'to shine.' Over centuries, the meaning shifted from physical brightness and purity to moral purity, and eventually, by the 18th century, to openness, frankness, and honesty in expression.

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