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social security systemA government program that provides economic assistance to people with inadequate or no income, typically including retirement pensions, disability benefits, and unemployment insurance

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: A government program that provides economic assistance to people with inadequate or no income, typically including retirement pensions, disability benefits, and unemployment insurance

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈsoʊʃəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsɪstəm/

Korean meaning: 정부가 소득이 부족하거나 없는 사람들에게 경제적 지원을 제공하는 프로그램 (연금, 장애급여, 실업급여 등)

Korean pronunciation: **소**셜 시**큐**러티 **시**스템

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother's cat receives better healthcare through the social security system than most millennials can afford.
  • The social security system faces challenges due to an aging population and declining birth rates.
  • Politicians promise to fix the social security system every election, yet somehow it keeps needing more fixing than my old car.

social security system

NOUN

//ˈsoʊʃəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsɪstəm//

A government program that provides economic assistance to people with inadequate or no income, typically including retirement pensions, disability benefits, and unemployment insurance

social security system concept
💡 Concept

A government program that provides economic assistance to people with inadequate or no income, typically including retirement pensions, disability benefits, and unemployment insurance

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈsoʊʃəl sɪˈkjʊrəti ˈsɪstəm/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈsəʊʃəl sɪˈkjʊərəti ˈsɪstəm/

🌳Etymology

Origin

1930년대 미국 대공황 시기 루즈벨트 대통령이 도입한 제도에서 시작. 'social'은 사회의, 'security'는 안전보장이라는 의미로, 사회 전체가 개인의 경제적 안전을 책임진다는 개념

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🎵Rhyme

security - puritysystem - wisdom
security - purity
system - wisdom

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My grandmother's cat receives better healthcare through the social security system than most millennials can afford.

The social security system faces challenges due to an aging population and declining birth rates.

😄 Fun example

Politicians promise to fix the social security system every election, yet somehow it keeps needing more fixing than my old car.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

welfare systemsocial insurancesocial protectionpublic assistance

Antonyms

private insuranceindividual savings

Related

pensionmedicareunemployment benefitsdisability insurancepublic welfare