棄民

• 読み: きみん
• ローマ字: kimin
• 漢字の分解: 棄 (ki/su) — abandon, discard; 民 (min/tami) — people, citizens
• 発音: /ki.min/

意味

Abandoned people; citizens or subjects forsaken by the state or ruling authority, left without protection, support, or recognition.

A critical political term describing individuals or communities that a government has effectively abandoned — whether through policy neglect, forced relocation, or colonial indifference. Historically used to describe Japanese emigrants stranded overseas after WWII, or communities unable to return home after nuclear disasters. Carries a strong tone of condemnation toward those in power, implying a fundamental betrayal of the state's duty of care.

例文

1. 戦後、中国に残された日本人は長らく棄民同然の扱いを受けた。
2. 原発事故後、故郷に戻れない住民たちは棄民と呼ばれることすら拒んだ。
3. 為政者が国民を棄民として扱う時、民主主義の根幹が揺らぐ。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, history, social criticism, human rights

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

From 棄 (abandon/discard) and 民 (the people). A compound with roots in classical discourse about the relationship between rulers and the governed, gaining modern prominence in discussions of postwar Japanese history and disaster response.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal