Athenianismとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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• IPA^(key): /əˈθiː.ni.ən.ɪzəm/

名詞

Athenianism (uncountable)

1. The veneration of the culture of ancient Athens and the attempt to emulate some of its characteristics.
   • 1936, Vacher Burch, The Epistle to the Hebrews: Its Sources and Message, page 7:

     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.

   • 1990, Stephen T. Franklin, Speaking from the Depths: Alfred North Whitehead's Hermeneutical Metaphysics of Propositions, Experience, Symbolism, Language, and Religion:

     Also the 'Athenian society' requires that this actual world exemplifies a certain systematic scheme, amid which 'Athenianism' is realizable.

   • 2015, Rebecca Bullard, The Politics of Disclosure, 1674-1725: Secret History Narratives, page 75:

     Dunton seems to expect that his readers will find the conventions of Athenianism amusing or endearing rather than disappointing, frustrating or deceitful.

   • 2018, Emrys D. Jones; Victoria Joule, editors, Intimacy and Celebrity in Eighteenth-Century Literary Culture: Public Interiors, Springer, →ISBN, page 204:

     In the volume's dedication, he defines Athenianism as novelty and locates its origins in his friendship with Rowe […].