kebijaksanaan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed bijaksana +‎ ke- -an, from Malay kebijaksanaan.

• Semantic loan from Javanese ꦮꦶꦕꦏ꧀ꦱꦤ (wicaksana) for the sense of policy, introduced in The Speech of President Sukarno, 28 December 1964 and reached the peak during the Suharto administration.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəbid͡ʒaksaˈnaan/
• Hyphenation: kê‧bi‧jak‧sa‧na‧an
• Rhymes: -an, -n

Noun

kêbijaksanaan (plural kebijaksanaan-kebijaksanaan, first-person possessive kebijaksanaanku, second-person possessive kebijaksanaanmu, third-person possessive kebijaksanaannya)

1. wisdom

   Synonym: kearifan

2. cleverness

   Synonyms: kepandaian, kecakapan

3. (dated, government) policy, measure

   Synonym: kebijakan

Synonyms

(policy, measure):

• amanat
• garis haluan
• kebijaksanaan
• mandat
• manifesto
• polisi (Standard Malay)
• politik

Further reading

• “kebijaksanaan” 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.