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The practice of the ancient Greek and Roman elite of distributing a part of their wealth to the community; public benefaction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, uncountable, usually
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From Ancient Greek εὐεργετέω (euergetéō, “to do good”) + -ism.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Dutch:
evergetisme
— the practice of élite in Greek and Roman cities to distribute a part of their wealth to the community
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French:
évergétisme
— the practice of élite in Greek and Roman cities to distribute a part of their wealth to the community
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German:
Euergetismus
— the practice of élite in Greek and Roman cities to distribute a part of their wealth to the community
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Italian:
evergetismo
— the practice of élite in Greek and Roman cities to distribute a part of their wealth to the community
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Polish:
euergetyzm
— the practice of élite in Greek and Roman cities to distribute a part of their wealth to the community
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Portuguese:
evergetismo
— the practice of élite in Greek and Roman cities to distribute a part of their wealth to the community
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Russian:
эвергетизм
(evergetizm)
— the practice of élite in Greek and Roman cities to distribute a part of their wealth to the community