xenelasia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of xenelasy (“the practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia”).

Pronunciation

/zɛniː.ləˈsiː.ə/ /zɛni.ləˈsi.ə/

Word forms

xenelasia

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (xenēlăsĭ́ā, “expulsion of foreigners”); see further at xenelasy.

Synonyms

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