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noun - The principles and ideals associated with ancient Greece.
- The characteristics of Greek culture and civilization, including humanism, reason, the pursuit of knowledge and the arts, moderation and civic responsibility.
- The culture and civilization of the Hellenistic period.
- The admiration for and adoption of ancient Greek culture, ideas and civilization.
- The national character or culture of Greece.
- The belief in and worship of the Greek Gods.
Etymology: From (hellenismos) "the Greek culture and civilization, the total of the Greeks", from (hellenizein) "to speak Greek, to make Greek, to become Greek, hellenize", from Ancient Greek (Hellen) "Greek".
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