Athenianism
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[edit]Athenianism (uncountable)
- The veneration of the culture of ancient Athens and the attempt to emulate some of its characteristics.
- 1936, Vacher Burch, The Epistle to the Hebrews: Its Sources and Message, page 7:
- In what degree these descendants show that their Athenianism is subordinate to the thought of the Epistle or the Epistle subordinate to Athenianism is a subject we need not here search into.
- 1990, Stephen T. Franklin, Speaking from the Depths: Alfred North Whitehead's Hermeneutical Metaphysics of Propositions, Experience, Symbolism, Language, and Religion:
- Also the 'Athenian society' requires that this actual world exemplifies a certain systematic scheme, amid which 'Athenianism' is realizable.
- 2015, Rebecca Bullard, The Politics of Disclosure, 1674-1725: Secret History Narratives, page 75:
- Dunton seems to expect that his readers will find the conventions of Athenianism amusing or endearing rather than disappointing, frustrating or deceitful.