Hellenize
verb (used with object)
to make Greek in character.
Hellenization
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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
A good deal is told of the Hellenization of the East under Seleucus.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Edward Berdoe
Among the Slav upper class there was a good deal of Hellenization; to be a Greek was of much social value.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Henry Baerlein
It was the irruption of the Celts, beginning in 278-277 B.C., which checked the Hellenization of the interior.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
