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philhellenism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
phil-hel-lenism
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A 19th-century intellectual movement which supported the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.

Uncountable

noun

Love of Greece or Greek culture.

Uncountable

Etymology

< Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “friend, lover”) and ἑλληνισμός (hellēnismós, “hellenism”)

Usage

Inflected Forms

philhellenisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Hellenophile Hellenophilia Hellenophobe Hellenophobic philhellene philhellenic Philhellenist

Questions

What does philhellenism mean?
A 19th-century intellectual movement which supported the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
Where does philhellenism come from?
< Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “friend, lover”) and ἑλληνισμός (hellēnismós, “hellenism”)

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