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를 막론하고

를 막론하고: Regardless Of — No Picking and Choosing

Expression: regardless of — without picking and choosing among that set.

Before this, make sure you know: 도 , -아요 / -어요

How to form it

When Form Example
Noun + 를/을 막론하고 N을/를 막론하고 나이를 막론하고 / 성별을 막론하고
With broad sequel …막론하고 … 이유를 막론하고 안 돼요

를 막론하고 means regardless of — no picking inside that set.

Not soft 도. A sweeping disregard of distinctions.

Why this is hard

상관없이 feels enough. 막론하고 is a heavier package: without discussing / without selecting among…. It wants an object marked with 을/를.

What it does

나이를 막론하고 참가할 수 있어요.
이유를 막론하고 안 돼요.
국적을 막론하고 환영해요.
성적을 막론하고 노력해요.

The noun is the category you refuse to sort by.

Forms

N을/를 막론하고.

나이 → 나이를 막론하고
이유 → 이유를 막론하고
성별 → 성별을 막론하고

When not to use it

Do not use it as casual also — 도.

Do not invent it without an object noun.

Do not force it into every soft regardless — 상관없이 may fit better.

Neighbours — and why they differ

FormWhy it is not this slot
도Also / even.
-어도Even-if on clauses.
상관없이Plain regardless neighbour.

Ask: am I sweeping a whole category? If yes, 를 막론하고. If soft also, 도.

If English wants regardless of X in policy tone, you are here.

Do not confuse it with

도

also, too — and the particle it quietly replaces

-아도 / -어도

even if — granting the condition and going ahead anyway

Taught alongside this

On the jabi learning path, this appears in 표현 (expression) — Advanced Korean 2, Unit 4, on the theme of expression. These come with it:

-기 일쑤이다 always ends up… — what commonly / habitually happens (-기(가) 일쑤이다) -기 짝이 없다 extremely… — so much there is no comparison 는 마당에 in a situation where… — given this awkward context -는 한이 있어도 even if it kills me… — willing to pay any cost -을 바에 given you are (doing) that — the situation of that act (often with a better alternative) -으려도 even if one tries to… — attempt that still fails or contrasts -으리라는 the idea that one will… — naming a future claim -어 치우다 get it done fast — finishing off, often roughly -는다는 the… that says / that will — framing a quoted claim as a noun 이라고는 as for… (only) — singled out under emphasis, usually before scarce/negative (이라고는) -는다던가1 is that the order…? — checking what you were told to do -으래서야 how can you only now…? — challenging the late order or claim -으리라고 that one will… — quoting a future claim -자면2 how about… / let's say… — suggesting a course

Words used above

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막론하다mangnonhadato disregard distinctions
를 막론하고reul mangnonhagoregardless of
구분gubundistinction
예외yeoeexception
상관없이sanggwan-eopsiregardless (plain neighbour)

Quick check

No sign-up, no score saved — just see if it stuck.

1. A club rule refuses to sort applicants by age. Which line sweeps the whole category?

2. The sign welcomes every nationality. It does not concede age, and it is not a shrug about rest. Which line?

3. A notice bans every reason. Nobody gets to discuss which one counts. Which line?

Common questions

Job?

Sweep a category — no picking and choosing inside it.

Form?

Use N을/를 막론하고, meaning 'regardless of N.'

Vs 상관없이?

Similar meaning family; this page keeps 막론하고.

Tone?

Rules, policy, strong generalisation.