Meanings
- uncountableThe veneration of the culture of ancient Athens and the attempt to emulate some of its characteristics.
In the volume's dedication, he defines Athenianism as novelty and locates its origins in his friendship with Rowe[…].
2018, Emrys D. Jones, Victoria Joule, editors, Intimacy and Celebrity in Eighteenth-Century Literary Culture: Public Interiors, Springer, →ISBN, page 2043 more examples
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.
1936, Vacher Burch, The Epistle to the Hebrews: Its Sources and Message, page 7Also the 'Athenian society' requires that this actual world exemplifies a certain systematic scheme, amid which 'Athenianism' is realizable.
1990, Stephen T. Franklin, Speaking from the Depths: Alfred North Whitehead's Hermeneutical Metaphysics of Propositions, Experience, Symbolism, Language, and ReligionDunton seems to expect that his readers will find the conventions of Athenianism amusing or endearing rather than disappointing, frustrating or deceitful.
2015, Rebecca Bullard, The Politics of Disclosure, 1674-1725: Secret History Narratives, page 75
Origin
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