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Hellenisation en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (UK) The adoption of Greek manners and culture
2. (UK) The act of causing a culture to become Greek
3. (UK) The act of Hellenizing, making something Greek or Hellenistic in form or character, (cf. Latinize) such as by coining a word with Greek roots to express a concept that otherwise might be expressed in modern vernacular
   • The practice of divination using mirrors was called Catoptromancy, a name derived from the Greek word katroptron, which means “mirror”, or “reflection”; [emphasis added] 2007, Miranda Anderson, editor, The Book of the Mirror: An Interdisciplinary Collection Exploring the Cultural History of the Mirror, Scholars Press, →ISBN, page 32:
   • Antes (402) German:[…]Humanistic Hellenization of Blume, literally ‘flower’, with reference to the Greek vocabulary word anthos ‘flower’. 2003, Patrick Hanks, editor, Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 44, column 2:

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Greekification

Translations (9)

he ייוון (causing a culture to become Greek) · fr hellénisation (adoption of Greek culture) · ca hel·lenització (adoption of Greek culture) · cmn 希臘化 /希腊化 (adoption of Greek culture) · ca hel·lenització (causing a culture to become Greek) · fi hellenisaatio (adoption of Greek culture) · he התיוונות (adoption of Greek culture) · fi hellenisaatio (causing a culture to become Greek) · ar تهلين (adoption of Greek culture)