Hellenism
See also: hellenism
English
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Etymology
[edit]Either via French hellénisme or Latin Hellēnismus or directly from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνισμός (Hellēnismós, “imitation of the Greeks”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “a Greek”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]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 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.
- The modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece.
Coordinate terms
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- Akkadianism / Akkadism
- Americanism
- Amharism
- Anglicism
- Arabism
- Aramaism
- Armenism
- Australianism
- Batavism
- Belorussianism
- Bengalism
- Briticism
- Bulgarism
- Catalanism
- Church Slavicism / Church Slavonicism / Slavonicism
- Croatism
- Czechism / Bohemism / 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
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]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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