Homerism

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Homer +‎ -ism

Proper noun [edit]

Homerism (plural Homerisms)

  1. (colloquial) The tendency of sports fans to advocate for their home teams to an unreasonable or irrational degree.
  2. The activity of miming of scenes from one of Homer's epics. It was common in Greek- and Roman-era pagan festivals (after poet Homer).
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