# philhellenism

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A 19th-century intellectual movement which supported the independence of Greece from the Ottoman Empire.
2. Love of Greece or Greek culture.

## Etymology
< Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos, “friend, lover”) and ἑλληνισμός (hellēnismós, “hellenism”)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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