hagwon

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Korean 학원(學院) (hagwon)

Noun

hagwon (plural hagwons)

  1. A profit-making private school, common in South Korea.
    • 2007 August 12, Fred A. Bernstein, “A House to Grow Into”, in New York Times‎:
      Geneho, whose bedroom faces the street, is attending a hagwon, a Korean tutoring program.
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