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Alexandrianism

Alexandrianism noun: the culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.

Noun

Alexandrianism (uncountable)

  1. The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
  2. Alexandrian Wicca.

Origin of Alexandrianism

From Alexandrian + -ism.

Questions about Alexandrianism

What does Alexandrianism mean?
Alexandrianism means the culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
What part of speech is Alexandrianism?
Alexandrianism is a noun.

Words near Alexandrianism in the dictionary

  1. Alexandrian school
  2. Alexandrian Wicca
  3. Alexandrian Wiccan
  4. Alexandrian Wiccans
  5. Alexandriana
  6. Alexandrianism
  7. Alexandrians
  8. Alexandrina
  9. alexandrine
  10. Alexandrine parakeet
  11. Alexandrine parakeets

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