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Hel⋅len⋅ism

  [hel-uh-niz-uhm]
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–noun
1. ancient Greek culture or ideals.
2. the imitation or adoption of ancient Greek language, thought, customs, art, etc.: the Hellenism of Alexandrian Jews.
3. the characteristics of Greek culture, esp. after the time of Alexander the Great; civilization of the Hellenistic period.
Origin:
1600–10; < Gk Hellēnismós an imitation of or similarity to the Greeks. See Hellene, -ism
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Hel·le·nism   (hěl'ə-nĭz'əm)   
n.  

  1. An idiom or custom peculiar to the Greeks.

  2. The civilization and culture of ancient Greece.

  3. Admiration for and adoption of Greek ideas, style, or culture.

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