English Explanatory Dictionary

Hellenism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.
  4. The admiration for and adoption of ancient Greek culture, ideas and civilization.
  5. A Greek idiom or turn of phrase.
  6. The modern-day revival of the polytheistic religious system of Ancient Greece.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɛlənɪzm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Hellenism.wav

Word forms

Hellenism Hellenisms Hellenicism Hellenisticism

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Dodekatheism

Related words

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

Translations

Catalan: hel·lenisme Czech: helénismus German: Hellenismus Greek: ελληνισμός Hebrew: יונות Irish: Heilléanachas Irish: Gréagachas Esperanto: helenismo Finnish: hellenismi Finnish: kreikkalainen uskonto Finnish: hellenismi (neopagan) Galician: helenismo Georgian: ელინიზმი Kazakh: эллинизм Portuguese: helenismo Spanish: helenismo
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