sahwa
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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- 5
Definition of sahwa
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical, plural, plural-only)A series of political purges in the late 15th and 16th centuries, during which sarim scholars were persecuted by political rivals.
“Executed during the sahwa of 1722.”
“The origins of factionalism in Yi Korea can probably be traced back to the sahwa (literati purges).”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Korean 사화 (sahwa).
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