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Hellenism

Definition: Hellenism

Hellenism

Noun

1. The principles and ideals associated with classical Greek civilization.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Hellenism" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1867. (references)



Crosswords: Hellenism

English words defined with "Hellenism": Grecism. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Hellenism" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Swedish (hellenism).

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Commercial Usage: Hellenism

DomainTitle

Books

  • Christianity and Classical Culture: The Metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter With Hellenism (reference)

  • Hellenism in Late Antiquity (Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures, Eighteen) (reference)

  • Hellenism in the Land of Israel (reference)

  • Journal of Modern Hellenism, 1984 (reference)

  • Judaism and Hellenism (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Hellenism

"Hellenism" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Hellenism" is used about 26 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2668,323

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Hellenism

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "Hellenism": Neo-Hellenism.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hellenism

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hellenism

49
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Hellenism

Language Translations for "Hellenism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

helenizëm. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏الهلينية ولاء لفكر الاغريقى. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

елинизъм, древногръцка култура. (various references)

   

Czech

  

helenismus. (various references)

   

French

  

hellène. (various references)

   

German

  

hellenismus. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ελληνισμόσ. (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

יו ות, "ל יות, "תיו ות (hellenization). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hellenizmus, görögség. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ellenismo. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ヘブライ語 (health, health center, health check, health club, health food, health meter, healthy, heart, heaven, Hebrew, helicopter, Helios, helioscope, heliotrope, heliport, helium, helix, hell, hellfire, helm, helmet, Helmholtz, help, helper, Helsinki, hem, hemline, hemoglobin, hemstitch, hen party, Henckels, henna, Hepburn, Herakles, herald, Hercules, Hermes, hernia, heroin, herpangina, herringbone, Herzogovina, Hz, Mr, Switzerland, type of massage parlor). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ヘレニズ . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ellenismhay

   

Portuguese

  

heleno (hellenic). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

grecism (graecism, grecism), elenism (grecism). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

эллинизм. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

helenizam. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

helenismo. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hellenism. (various references)

   

Thai

  

วั'นธรรมหรือความเจริญรุ่งเรืองของกรีกโบรา". (various references)

   

Turkish

  

helenizm, yunanca deyim, yunan milliyetçiliği, eski yunan uygarlığı. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

еллінізм. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

văn hoá cổ Hy-lạp sự bắt chước Hy-lạp từ ngữ đặc Hy-lạp tinh thần dân tộc Hy-lạp. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Hellenism

Derivations

Words ending with "Hellenism": philhellenism. (additional references)

Words containing "Hellenism": philhellenisms. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Hellenism" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hellenis. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hellenism"

Words rhyming with "Hellenism" (pronounced 'Hel"len*ism'): Abolitionism, Absenteeism, Absinthism, Absolutism, Academicism, Academism, Accidentalism, Achromatism, Acosmism, Acrobatism, Acrotism, Actinism, Adiaphorism, AEstheticism, Africanism, Agnosticism, Agonism, Agrarianism, Agriculturism, Albinism, Albinoism, Alcoholism, Alienism, Allodialism, Allomerism, Allomorphism, Allotheism, Alphabetism, Altruism, Amateurism, Americanism, Amorphism, Anabaptism, Anachorism, Anachronism, Anacrotism, Anagrammatism, Analogism, Anamorphism, Anarchism, Anathematism, Anatocism, Anatomism, Anchoretism, Andabatism, Aneurism, Anglicanism, Anglicism, Anglo-Catholicism, Anglo-Saxonism, Anilinism, Animalism, Animism, Anomalism, Antagonism, Antarchism, Anthorism, Anthropomorphism, Anthropomorphitism, Anthropophuism, Antichronism, Anticivism, Anti-imperialism, Antinomianism, Antiquarianism, Anti-Semitism, Antitheism, Apheliotropism, Aphetism, Aphorism, Aplanatism, Apogeotropism, Apophlegmatism, Apriorism, Arabism, Aramaism, Archaism, Arianism, Aristocratism, Aristotelianism, Arminianism, Arsenicism, Asceticism, Asiaticism, Associationism, Astaticism, Asteism, Asterism, astigmatism, Asystolism, Atavism, Atheism, Athleticism, Athletism, Atomicism, Atomism, Atropism, Atticism, Attorneyism, Authorism, Autochthonism, Autoecism, Autohypnotism, Automatism, Automobilism, Automorphism, Autotheism, Autotropism, Averroism, Baalism, Babyism, Bacchanalianism, Bachelorism, Bahaism, Bantingism, BAPTISM, Barbarism, Bardism, Bastardism, Bathmism, Baunscheidtism, Beggarism, Benthamism, Biblicism, Bibliophilism, Bibliopolism, Bicyclism, Bilingualism, Biliteralism, Bimastism, Bimetallism, Biomagnetism, Biprism, Bitheism, Blackguardism, Bletonism, Blockheadism, Bluestockingism, Bohemianism, Bonapartism, Boodhism, Bossism, Boswellism, Boulangism, Bourbonism, Boycottism, Boyism, Braggardism, Brahmoism, Branchiomerism, Brigandism, Briticism, Bromism, Bromoiodism, Brutalism, Brutism, Buddhism, Buffoonism, Burkism, Cabalism, Caesarism, Cahenslyism, Calvinism, Cannibalism, Carbonarism, Carnalism, Cartesianism, Casualism, Catadicrotism, Catasterism, Catastrophism, Catechism, Catholicism, Cauterism, Cavalierism, Celticism, Cenobitism, Centonism, Centralism, Cephalism, Cerebralism, Ceremonialism, Cesarism, Chaldaism, Characterism, Charism, Charlatanism, Chartism, Chattelism, Chauvinism, Chemism, Chloralism, Chrism, Christianism, Chromatism, Chromism, Churchism, Ciceronianism, Cicisbeism, Cinchonism, Citicism, Civicism, Civism, Classicalism, Classicism, Clericalism, Cliquism, Cocainism, Cockneyism, Collectivism, Colloquialism, Colonialism, Commatism, Commensalism, Commercialism, Communalism, Communism, Compatriotism, Comtism, Conceptualism, Concettism, Confessionalism, Confucianism, Congregationalism, Congruism, Conservatism, Constitutionalism, Consubstantialism, Contrabandism, Conventionalism, Conversationism, Convictism, Corporealism, Cosmopolitanism, Cosmopolitism, Cosmotheism, creationism, Creticism, Cretinism, Cretism, Criticism, Cubism, Cullyism, Curialism, Cynicism, Cyphonism, Daltonism, Dandyism, Darwinianism, Darwinism, Dashism, Deaf-mutism, Decimalism, Deism, Demagogism, Democratism, Demoniacism, Demonianism, Demonism, Denominationalism, Dentalism, Despotism, Determinism, Devilism, Diabolism, Diageotropism, Diaheliotropism, Dialogism, Diamagnetism, Diathermanism, Dichroism, Dichromatism, Dicrotism, Didacticism, Diglottism, Dilettanteism, Dilettantism, Dimorphism, Dioecism, Diorism, Diplomatism, Dissenterism, Ditheism, Docetism, Doctrinarianism, Dogmatism, Donatism, Donnism, Doricism, Dorism, Doughfaceism, Dowagerism, Druidism, Dualism, Dynamism, Dynamitism, Ebionitism, Ecclesiasticism, Eclecticism, Ectorganism, Egoism, Egomism, Egotheism, Egotism, Eleaticism, Electicism, Electro-magnetism, Electro-vitalism, Elementalism, Embolism, Emotionalism, Empiricism, Encyclopedism, Englishism, Entorganism, Epicureanism, Epicurism, Epilogism, Epipolism, Episcopalianism, Episyllogism, Equestrianism, Erastianism, Eremitism, Erethism, Eroticism, Erythrism, Erythrochroism, Esotericism, Essenism, Etacism, Etherealism, Ethnicism, Euhemerism, Eunuchism, Euphemism, Euphonism, Euphuism, Eutychianism, Evangelicalism, Evangelicism, Evangelism, Evolutionism, Exclusionism, Exclusivism, Exorcism, Exoticism, Experientialism, Externalism, Falsism, Familism, Fanaticism, Fanatism, Fantasticism, Fatalism, Favoritism, Federalism, Fenianism, feudalism, Filibusterism, Fissiparism, Flunlyism, Fogyism, Foreignism, formalism, Fossilism, Fourierism, Frenchism, Frivolism, futurism, Galenism, Gallicanism, Gallicism, Galvanotropism, Gamomorphism, Gargarism, Genevanism, Gentilism, Geomalism, Geophagism, Geotropism, Germanism, Geusdism, Gipsyism, Gladiatorism, Gnosticism, Gongorism, Gonochorism, Gormandism, Gothicism, Grammarianism, Grammaticism, Grangerism, Grecism, Grundyism, Gutturalism, Gynandromorphism, Gypsyism, heathenism, Hebraism. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Hellenism

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-l-l-m-n-s"

-1 letter: hemlines, shlemiel.

-2 letters: hemline, nellies.

-3 letters: elemis, enisle, enmesh, ensile, hemins, inmesh, limens, milles, nellie, senile, simnel.

-4 letters: elemi, heels, heils, hells, helms, hemes, hemin, hills, lenes, lenis, lense, liens, limen, limes, limns, lines, lisle, mells, mense, mesne, miens, miles, mille, mills, mines, neems, nills, seine, selle, semen, sheen, shell, shiel, shill, shine, slime, smell, smile, snell.

-5 letters: eels, elhi, ells, elms, else, emes, heel, heil, hell, helm, heme, hems, hens, hies, hill, hins, hisn, ills, isle, lees, leis, lens, lien, lies, lime, limn, line, lins, mell, mels, mesh, mien, mile, mill, mils, mine, mise, neem, nill, nils, nims, seel, seem, seen, sell, seme, semi, sene, shim, shin, sill, sine, sinh, slim.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-l-l-m-n-s"
 

+3 letters: embellishing, melancholies, millihenries.

 

+4 letters: embellishment, mischannelled, philhellenism, unembellished.

 

+5 letters: embellishments, philhellenisms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hellenism


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 65 6C 6C 65 6E 69 73 6D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01100101 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#101 &#108 &#108 &#101 &#110 &#105 &#115 &#109

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0065 006C 006C 0065 006E 0069 0073 006D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

427178787180758579

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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