Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hellenisation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hel-leni-sa-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The adoption of Greek manners and culture

British usage

noun

The act of causing a culture to become Greek

British usage

noun

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

British usage

Example Sentences

"The practice of divination using mirrors was called Catoptromancy, a name derived from the Greek word katroptron, which means “mirror”, or “reflection”; [emphasis added]"
"Antes (402) German:[…]Humanistic Hellenization of Blume, literally ‘flower’, with reference to the Greek vocabulary word anthos ‘flower’."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Hellenisations (plural) Hellenization (alternative)

Synonyms

Greekification

Questions

What does hellenisation mean?: The adoption of Greek manners and culture

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