Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hermit kingdom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: her-mit k-ing-dom
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any country or organization that deliberately isolates itself from the wider world.

name

Colloquial

name

Synonym of Tibet (“a former country in East Asia that existed from 1912 until its annexation by China in 1951.”)

Example Sentences

"Few international observers credit the Hermit Kingdom with behaving in a rational manner, yet its current behavior appears to be drifting out of its usual, if slightly illogical, pattern of threatening its neighbors when it finds itself isolated."
"Her name is Yeonmi Park, and she escaped from the “Hermit Kingdom” of North Korea at the age of 13."
"The ministry pointed out that the envoys brought focus on North Korean workers as the Hermit Kingdom is expected to further reopen its international borders as the COVID-19 situation improves globally."

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

hermit kingdoms (plural) the Hermit Kingdom (canonical)

Synonyms

Tibet

Questions

What does hermit kingdom mean?: Any country or organization that deliberately isolates itself from the wider world.

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