Hellenism

See also: hellenism

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Etymology

Either via French hellénisme or Latin Hellēnismus or directly from Ancient Greek Ἑλληνισμός (Hellēnismós, “imitation of the Greeks”), from Ἕλλην (Héllēn, “a Greek”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlənɪzm/

• Audio (US):

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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 national character or culture of Greece.
3. The culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period.
   1. The admiration for and adoption of ancient Greek culture, ideas and civilization.
4. A Greek idiom or turn of phrase.
5. The modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece.

Coordinate terms

foreignismsedit

• 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

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

Translations

characteristics of ancient Greek culture

Czech: helénismus m German: Hellenismus m Greek: ελληνισμός (el) (ellinismós) Hebrew: יונות Irish: Heilléanachas m, Gréagachas m

culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period

Catalan: hel·lenisme (ca) m Czech: helénismus m Esperanto: helenismo (eo) Finnish: hellenismi (fi) Galician: helenismo (gl) m Georgian: ელინიზმი (elinizmi) German: Hellenismus m Greek: ελληνισμός (el) (ellinismós) Kazakh: эллинизм (éllinizm) Portuguese: helenismo (pt) m Spanish: helenismo (es) m

admiration for and adoption of Greek culture

Catalan: hel·lenisme (ca) m Finnish: hellenismi (fi) Galician: helenismo (gl) m Georgian: ელენიზმი (elenizmi) Irish: Heilléanachas m Portuguese: helenismo (pt) m Spanish: helenismo (es) m

national character or culture of Greece

Finnish: kreikkalaisuus (fi) Greek: ελληνισμός (el) (ellinismós)

modern religion

French: hellénisme (fr) Portuguese: helenismo (pt)

belief in and worship of Greek gods

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

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French: (please verify) hellénisme (fr) m