dehellenise
(UK) Remove aspects of Greekness.
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(UK) Remove aspects of Greekness.
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- dehellenize97%
(US) Remove aspects of Greekness.
- dehellenize81%
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.
- demetrification63%
The reversal of metrification.
- deletion61%
The act of deleting.
- Hellenizer60%
(US) One who Hellenizes; a spreader of Greek culture or ideas.