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Hellenism

[hel-uh-niz-uhm] / ˈhɛl əˌnɪz əm /


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"The monastery's property is being seized and expropriated. This spiritual beacon of Orthodoxy and Hellenism is now facing an existential threat," he said in a statement.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

In the east, Romans maintained a measured reverence for Greek culture, embracing some elements of Hellenism.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Writing in the same year as the first Flatliners film’s release, Stein viewed American medicine, with its expanding high-tech footprint, as having largely settled on the side of Hellenism.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2017

Thanks to new tools and techniques, the glories of Hellenism could be commodified and commercialized.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 20, 2016

While new Greek cities were rising in the interior, the older Hellenism of the western coast grew in material splendour under the munificence of Hellenistic kings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various