athenianism
/əˈθiː.ni.ən.ɪzəm/
Etymology
From Athenian + -ism.
athenianism means the veneration of the culture of ancient Athens and the attempt to emulate some of its characteristics. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 78 out of 100.
athenianism is pronounced /əˈθiː.ni.ən.ɪzəm/.
Why “athenianism” is a great word
ATHENIANISM — [Noun] The veneration of the culture of ancient Athens and the attempt to emulate its perceived civic virtues. From Athenian (pertaining to Athens) + -ism (denoting a system, principle, or ideological movement). Unlike Atticism (which specifies admiration of Athenian style in language and rhetoric) or Hellenism (which encompasses the broader adoption of all ancient Greek culture), Athenianism denotes a narrower, more pointed focus on the political and civic ideals of that one luminous polis. It is the neoclassical façade on a government building, the rhetorical flourish in a modern senator's speech, and the earnest study of Thucydides for political wisdom—a golden ghost forever haunting the modern imagination.
noun
- The veneration of the culture of ancient Athens and the attempt to emulate some of its characteristics.“In what degree these descendants show that their Athenianism is subordinate to the thought of the Epistle or the Epistle subordinate to Athenianism is a subject we need not here search into.”