Hellenism
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See also: hellenism
English
Etymology
Either via French hellénisme or Latin or directly from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνισμός (Hellēnismós, “imitation of the Greeks”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “a Greek”).
Noun
Hellenism (countable and uncountable, plural Hellenisms)
- Any of the characteristics of ancient Greek culture, civilization, principles and ideals, including humanism, reason, the pursuit of knowledge and the arts, moderation and civic responsibility.
- The modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece and Rome
- The national character or culture of Greece.
- The culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period.
- The admiration for and adoption of ancient Greek culture, ideas and civilization.
- A Greek idiom or turn of phrase.
Coordinate terms
- (foreignisms) foreignism; Akkadianism / Akkadism, Americanism, Amharism, Anglicism, Arabism, Aramaism, Armenism, Australianism, Batavism, Belorussianism, Bengalism, Briticism, Bulgarism, Catalanism, Church Slavicism / Church Slavonicism / Slavonicism, Croatism, Czechism / Bohemianism, Gallicism / Frenchism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism / Hispanicism / Castilianism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Indianism, Iranianism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Kazakhism, Latinism, Macedonianism, Mandaism, Moravianism, New Zealandism, Persianism, Polonism, Portuguesism, Russianism, Scotticism, Serbism, Serbo-Croatism, Sinicism, Slavism, Slovenism / Pannonianism, Sumerianism / Sumerism, Syriacism, Turkism, Ukrainism / Ukrainianism, Uzbekism, Yiddishism
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Translations
characteristics of ancient Greek culture
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culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period
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admiration for and adoption of Greek culture
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national character or culture of Greece
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modern religion
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belief in and worship of Greek gods
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