Hellenization
- a word derived from Hellenize.
Example Sentences
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The Seleucids exerted their influence through Hellenization, the spread of Greek art, architecture, and religion.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 7, 2023
The Apocrypha's texts make it clear that the battle against Hellenization was in fact a kulturkampf among the Jews themselves.
From Slate ● Nov. 28, 2013
The division became very apparent in the time of the Hellenization which preceded the Maccabaean revolt; at that period the name of Pharisees, i.e., the Separated, came into vogue for the party of the religious.
From Prolegomena by Wellhausen, Julius
Under Rome the process of Hellenization, which the divisions and weakness of the Macedonian kingdoms had checked, went forward.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
We are to-day in the midst of a movement likely to surpass the period of Hellenization in duration and extent.
From Musical Portraits Interpretations of Twenty Modern Composers by Rosenfeld, Paul
