English Explanatory Dictionary

philhellenism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A 19th-century intellectual movement which supported the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
  2. Love of Greece or Greek culture.

Word forms

philhellenism philhellenisms

Etymology

< Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “friend, lover”) and ἑλληνισμός (hellēnismós, “hellenism”)

Related words

Hellenophile Hellenophilia Hellenophobe Hellenophobic philhellene philhellenic Philhellenist
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