PHILHELLENISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does philhellenism mean? 

• PHILHELLENISM (noun)
  The noun PHILHELLENISM has 1 sense:

1. admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs

  Familiarity information: PHILHELLENISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHILHELLENISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Admiration for Greece and the Greeks and Greek customs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("philhellenism" is a kind of...):

admiration; esteem (a feeling of delighted approval and liking)

Derivation:

philhellenist (an admirer of Greece and everything Greek)