penyalahgunaan
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed salah guna + peng- -an, calque of Dutch misbruik (“misuse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pəɲalahɡuˈnaan]
- Hyphenation: pe‧nya‧lah‧gu‧na‧an
Noun
penyalahgunaan (first-person possessive penyalahgunaanku, second-person possessive penyalahgunaanmu, third-person possessive penyalahgunaannya)
- abuse; misuse; improper use; perversion.
- Synonym: penyelewengan
Hyponyms
- penyalahgunaan alkohol
- penyalahgunaan komputer
- penyalahgunaan obat keras
- penyalahgunaan pengaruh
- penyalahgunaan wewenang
Related terms
Further reading
- “penyalahgunaan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
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