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Hellenisation

Noun

Meaning

(British spelling) The adoption of Greek manners and culture

(British spelling) The act of causing a culture to become Greek

(British spelling) The act of Hellenizing, making something Greek or Hellenistic in form or character, (cf. Latinize) such as by coining a word with Greek roots to express a concept that otherwise might be expressed in modern vernacular

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Antiochus IV Epiphanes succeeded his older brother to the Seleucid throne and immediately adopted his father's previous policy of universal Hellenisation. Source: Internet

Full Hellenisation only took place under Ptolemaic rule. Source: Internet

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