Definitions for Hellenistic

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Hellenistic Hel·len·is·tic

Spelling: [hel-uh-nis-tik]

IPA: /ˌhɛl əˈnɪs tɪk/

Hellenistic is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 556 anagrams from letters in Hellenistic (ceehiillnst).

Definitions for Hellenistic

adjective

1. pertaining to Hellenists.
2. following or resembling Greek usage.
3. of or relating to the Greeks or their language, culture, etc., after the time of Alexander the Great, when Greek characteristics were modified by foreign elements. Compare Hellenic (def 1).
4. of or relating to the architecture of Greece and Greek territories from the late 3rd century through the 1st century b.c., characterized by deviations of various sorts from the proportions and arrangements of the mature Greek orders, particularly in the attenuation of the Doric order, and by innovations in plan and ornamentation.
5. pertaining to or designating the style of the fine arts, especially sculpture, developed in the area conquered by Alexander the Great from the end of the 4th to the 1st century b.c., chiefly characterized by delicate and highly finished modeling, dramatic, often violent movement of forms in space, representations of extreme emotion, highly individuated characterization, and a wide variety of subject matter. Compare archaic (def 4), classical (def 6).

Origin of Hellenistic

First recorded in 1700-10; Hellene + -istic

Examples for Hellenistic

The Hellenistic age was characterized, in the first place, by cosmopolitanism.

At this point the contrast with the Hellenistic mystery religions is profound.

It is forgotten how completely, in Hellenistic times, religion and philosophy were fused.

Beginning with the Hellenistic period, some of the better houses had baths.

The mound was again occupied in the Hellenistic or Maccaban period.

In the Hellenistic period two improvements in the making of lamps occurred.

This style represents for us the wall decoration of the Hellenistic age.

The painter trained in the school of Hellenistic technique drew with the brush.

The Silver Age, the Hellenistic art that followed, is of intense interest.

I could have lived without the initial video, but Hellenistic Egypt does require an introduction.