philhellenism
English
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editEtymology
edit< Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “friend, lover”) and ἑλληνισμός (hellēnismós, “hellenism”)
Noun
editphilhellenism (usually uncountable, plural philhellenisms)
- A 19th-century intellectual movement which supported the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
- Love of Greece or Greek culture.
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References
edit- “philhellenism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.