(UK) Remove aspects of Greekness.
(UK) Remove aspects of Greekness.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(US) Remove aspects of Greekness.
A formal academic and theological verb meaning to strip away Hellenistic (ancient Greek) philosophical influence from a text, institution, or body of thought. The term appears prominently in debates about early Christian theology — e.g. whether the Gospel was distorted by Greek metaphysics — and in postcolonial discussions of cultural identity.
The reversal of metrification.
(figurative, colloquial) , used for foreign speech or text, technical jargon, or advanced subjects.
(obsolete) A native or inhabitant of Greece.