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)

1. 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.
2. The culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period.
3. The admiration for and adoption of ancient Greek culture, ideas and civilization.
4. The national character or culture of Greece.
5. The belief in and worship of the Greek gods.
6. A Greek idiom or turn of phrase.

Related terms

• Hellas
• Hellen
• Hellene
• Hellenic
• Hellenisation, Hellenization
• Hellenise, Hellenize
• Helleniser, Hellenizer
• Hellenist
• Hellenistic
• Hellenistical

 

Coordinate terms

• (foreignisms) foreignism; anglicism, Arabism, Gallicism, Germanism / Teutonism, Grecism / Hellenism, Hebraism, Hispanism, Hungarianism / Magyarism, Irishism, Italianism / Italicism, Japanism, Latinism, Polonism, Russianism, Sinicism, Slavism, Turkism, Yiddishism

Translations

characteristics of ancient Greek culture

• Czech: helénismus m
• Greek: ελληνισμός (el) (ellinismós)
• Hebrew: יונות‎

• Irish: Heilléanachas m, Gréagachas m

culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period

• Catalan: hel·lenisme m
• Czech: helénismus m
• Esperanto: helenismo (eo)
• Finnish: hellenismi (fi)

• Georgian: ელინიზმი (elinizmi)
• Greek: ελληνισμός (el) (ellinismós)
• Spanish: helenismo (es) m

admiration for and adoption of Greek culture

• Catalan: hel·lenisme m
• Finnish: hellenismi (fi)

• Georgian: ელენიზმი (elenizmi)
• Irish: Heilléanachas m
• Spanish: helenismo (es) m

national character or culture of Greece

• Finnish: kreikkalaisuus (fi)

• Greek: ελληνισμός (el) (ellinismós)

belief in and worship of Greek gods

• Finnish: kreikkalainen uskonto (ancient), hellenismi (fi) (neopagan)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} hellénisme (fr) m