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Hellenism in a sentence

Hellenism meaning

  1. Any of the characteristics of ancient Greek culture, civilization, principles and ideals, including humanism, reason, the pursuit of knowledge and the arts, moderation and civic responsibility.
  2. The national character or culture of Greece.
  3. The culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period.

Synonyms of Hellenism

principle

Related words

Other words often associated with Hellenism or its synonyms:

generalization rationale generality law prescript generalisation explanation rule precept value

Using Hellenism

  • The main meaning on this page is: Any of the characteristics of ancient Greek culture, civilization, principles and ideals, including humanism, reason, the pursuit of knowledge and the arts, moderation and civic responsibility. | The national character or culture of Greece. | The culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period.
  • Useful related words include: principle.
  • In the example corpus, hellenism often appears in combinations such as: of hellenism.

Context around Hellenism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

christian 1× cultural 1× new 1× yet 1×

Sentence patterns with Hellenism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

against what hellenism and the 1× and by hellenism 1× church and hellenism is quickly 1× claim that hellenism was armenia 1× hellenism has on 1× idealized cultural hellenism with loyalty 1× pre christian hellenism 1× shared between hellenism both greek 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

at the same 2× boatwright 150 most 1× evidently the owner 1× he ended by 1× hellenism has on 1× in his position 1×

Common sentence endings:

and by hellenism 1× and cultural past 1× and her emperor 1× based on autochthony 1× faith hold sacred 1× late 4th century 1×

Words around Hellenism

Just before it in the word index:

hellenised 4 hellenisation 2 helleniq 2 helleniccoin 3 hellenic 138 hellenes 15

Just after it in the word index:

hellenist 3 hellenistic 128 hellenists 2 hellenization 6 hellenize 2 hellenized 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanand 16 abcd 16 abdurrahman 16 aberdour 16 abergele 16 abg 16

Corpus analysis for Hellenism

  • In this selection, "hellenism" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, christian, cultural and new stand out and add context to how "hellenism" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include against what hellenism and the and and by hellenism. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hellenism" sits close to words such as aanand, abcd and abdurrahman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hellenism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He ended by declaring "The new individualism is the new hellenism". (11 words)

The growing religious stigmatization of Hellenism had a chilling effect on Hellenic culture by the late 4th century. (18 words)

Evidently, the owner of this Christian library had no aversion to the arts and sciences of pre-Christian Hellenism. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Hellenism has, on occasion, been presented by historians as a threat of assimilation entirely opposed to Jewish tradition, but it does not appear that most Jews in the Hellenistic era thought of Greek rulers as any worse than Persian or Babylonian ones. (42 words)

In his position, Professor Nikos Lygeros welcomed the founding of the North Epirotic Federation, noting that the issue should be managed with due diligence in all its extensions, both by the Greek government and by Hellenism. (36 words)

Several historians claim that Hellenism was Armenia’s greatest cultural influence, becoming so ingrained into the culture that many Hellenistic characteristics are still apparent within the Armenian culture to this day. (31 words)

Example sentences (12)

In the difficult years of slavery, the Church became a spiritual refuge, the one stable social institution, the cohesive web of Hellenism.

Several historians claim that Hellenism was Armenia’s greatest cultural influence, becoming so ingrained into the culture that many Hellenistic characteristics are still apparent within the Armenian culture to this day.

Evidently, the owner of this Christian library had no aversion to the arts and sciences of pre-Christian Hellenism.

Hellenism has, on occasion, been presented by historians as a threat of assimilation entirely opposed to Jewish tradition, but it does not appear that most Jews in the Hellenistic era thought of Greek rulers as any worse than Persian or Babylonian ones.

The MP complained that talk of hate speech is “selective, since no one speaks about the hate speech directed against what Hellenism and the Orthodox faith hold sacred”.

At the same time, it brings to mind the common elements shared between Hellenism, both Greek and Cypriot, and the Jewish community, which expand beyond the historical and cultural past.

In his position, Professor Nikos Lygeros welcomed the founding of the North Epirotic Federation, noting that the issue should be managed with due diligence in all its extensions, both by the Greek government and by Hellenism.

At the same time – and this is more important – the organic relationship of Greek Americans with the Church and Hellenism is quickly fading away.

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Boatwright, 150 Most importantly, it linked appreciation of an idealized cultural Hellenism with loyalty to Rome and her Emperor.

He ended by declaring "The new individualism is the new hellenism".

The growing religious stigmatization of Hellenism had a chilling effect on Hellenic culture by the late 4th century.

Yet, Hellenism also embodied an ancestral dimension through aspects of Athenian literature that developed and influenced ideas of descent based on autochthony.

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Common combinations with hellenism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • of hellenism 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hellenism" in a sentence?
An example: "In the difficult years of slavery, the Church became a spiritual refuge, the one stable social institution, the cohesive web of Hellenism." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hellenism" from authentic English texts.
What does "hellenism" mean?
Hellenism means: Any of the characteristics of ancient Greek culture, civilization, principles and ideals, including humanism, reason, the pursuit of knowledge and the arts, moderation and civic responsibility.
What are synonyms of "hellenism"?
Common synonyms of "hellenism" include: principle.
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