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PRONUNCIATION OF HETAERISM

hetaerism  [hɪˈtɪərɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETAERISM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hetaerism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HETAERISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hetaerism

Hetaira

In ancient Greece, hetairai or hetaerae were courtesans—highly educated, sophisticated companions. Although most engaged in sexual relations with their patrons, hetairai were not simple prostitutes.

Definition of hetaerism in the English dictionary

The definition of hetaerism in the dictionary is the state of being a concubine. Other definition of hetaerism is a social system attributed to some primitive societies, in which women are communally shared.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETAERISM


agritourism
ˈæɡrɪˌtʊərɪzəm
agrotourism
ˈæɡrəʊˌtʊərɪzəm
amateurism
ˈæmətjərɪzəm
aneurism
ˈænjərɪzəm
antiterrorism
ˌæntɪˈterərɪzəm
boyarism
ˈbɔɪərɪzəm
careerism
kəˈrɪərɪzəm
chimaerism
kaɪˈmɪərɪzəm
chimerism
kaɪˈmɪərɪzəm
colorism
ˈkʌlərɪzəm
cottierism
ˈkɒtɪərɪzəm
deteriorism
dɪˈtɪərɪərɪzəm
diapirism
ˌdaɪəˈpɪərɪzəm
ecotourism
ˈiːkəʊˌtʊərɪzəm
fakirism
fəˈkɪərɪzəm
pauperism
ˈpɔːpərɪzəm
tourism
ˈtʊərɪzəm
verism
ˈvɪərɪzəm
volunteerism
ˌvɒlənˈtɪərɪzəm
voyeurism
ˈvwaɪərɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETAERISM

het
het up
hetaera
hetaerae
hetaeric
hetaeristic
hetaira
hetairai
hetairia
hetairic
hetairism
hetairistic
heterarchy
heterauxesis
hetero
heteroatom
heteroauxin
heteroblastic
heteroblasty
heterocarpous

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETAERISM

asterism
boosterism
consumerism
esoterism
eumerism
hipsterism
Hitlerism
isomerism
keto-enol tautomerism
mannerism
mesmerism
metamerism
panderism
phalansterism
Quakerism
ranterism
spoonerism
stereoisomerism
tautomerism
terrorism
Thatcherism

Synonyms and antonyms of hetaerism in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hetaerism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETAERISM

Find out the translation of hetaerism to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hetaerism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hetaerism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hetaerism
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterismo
570 millions of speakers

English

hetaerism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hetaerism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hetaerism
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гетеризма
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hetaerism
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hetaerism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétaïrisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hetisme
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hetärismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hetaerism
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

hetaerism
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hematisme
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hetaerism
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காமக் கிழத்தி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हेटररिझम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hetaerism
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eterismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hetaerism
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гетеризма
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hetaerism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

hetaerism
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hetaerism
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hetaerism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hetaerism
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hetaerism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETAERISM»

The term «hetaerism» is normally little used and occupies the 145.993 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETAERISM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hetaerism» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hetaerism» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hetaerism

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETAERISM»

Discover the use of hetaerism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hetaerism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Myth, Religion, and Mother Right: Selected Writings of J.J. ...
Marriage as a deviation from the natural law of matter must be expiated, the good will of the godhead regained through a period of hetaerism. Hetaerism and strict conjugal law — these two principles that would seem forever to exclude one ...
Johann Jakob Bachofen, 1992
2
Screening the Past: Memory and Nostalgia in Cinema
The second (patriarchal) level is the one to which all human life aspires, and therefore the more primitive level (called hetaerism by Bachofen) must constantly be overcome. The schema is more complex than this, taking in various stages ...
Pam Cook, 2004
3
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
This hetaerism derives quite directly from group marriage, from the ceremonial surrender by which women purchased the right of chastity. Surrender for money was at first a religious act; it took place in the temple of the goddess of love, and the ...
Friedrich Engels, 2010
4
Landscape and Literature 1830-1914: Nature, Text, Aura
of the hetaerism manifested in Troy's unbridled behaviour, Bachofen contending that hetaerism 'finds its principle embodied in the vegetation and animals of the marshy lowlands', whilst the more refined matriarchal order, here represented by  ...
Roger Ebbatson, 2013
5
Gender Violence: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Hetaerism is as much a social institution as any other; it is a continuation of the old sexual freedom — in favour of the men. Although, in reality, it is not only tolerated but even practised with gusto, particularly by the ruling classes, it is ...
Laura L. O'Toole, Jessica R. Schiffman, 1997
6
Re/casting Kokoschka: Ethics and Aesthetics, Epistemology ...
Within this conceptual framework, then, hetaerism — the unregulated state of sexual relations — would comprise the thesis. Finding hetaerism intolerable, however, women provoked its antithesis: matriarchal culture. "The initial determined ...
Claude Cernuschi, 2002
7
In the Image of Orpheus: Rilke : a Soul History
this connection, he alludes to Bachofen's notion of “hetaerism,” a cultural and psychological stage characterized by instinctual and indiscriminate sexuality driven, primarily, by masculine appetite. As Neumann indicates, the phase of Psyche's ...
Daniel Joseph Polikoff, 2011
8
Gentlemen and Amazons: The Myth of Matriarchal Prehistory, ...
Bachofen typically regards hetaerism as a miserable, brutal time. Yet in this darkness is one “bright spot in life,” one “light in the moral darkness,” and it is motherhood. In one of what historian Lionel Gossman calls his “sudden irruptions of ...
Cynthia Eller, 2011
9
In the Image of Orpheus - RILKE: A Soul History
In this connection, he alludes to Bachofen's notion of “hetaerism,” a cultural and psychological stage characterized by instinctual and indiscriminate sexuality driven, primarily, by masculine appetite. As Neumann indicates, the phase of ...
Daniel Joseph Polikoff
10
Herbert Marcuse: A Critical Reader
Matriarchy is followed by patriarchy and preceded by unregulated hetaerism. The Demetrian ordered matriarchy thus assumes a middle position, representing the transition of mankind from the lowest stage of existence to the highest. With the ...
Assistant Professor of History John Abromeit, John Abromeit, W. Mark Cobb, 2014

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETAERISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hetaerism is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Life in modern Tokyo, and life during the two world wars: Kabukicho …
... the hetaerism [extramarital intercourse] of the past is changed in our time by capitalist commodity production and brought into conformity with ... «World Socialist Web Site, Jan 15»
2
Sensitive Words: Alibaba's Political Ties
... from the U.S.; 某教: certain religion — i.e. Islam; 共妻: hetaerism — Multiple meanings, the most general being a system of wife-sharing. «China Digital Times, Jul 14»
3
A brief history of 'marriage,' part 25
“Here, therefore, the eternal attendants of monogamy, hetaerism [prostitution] and adultery, play only an almost vanishing part. The wife has in ... «Workers World, Dec 13»
4
Terai-Dooars Bandh: GJM conducts protest rally at Darjeeling
This attitude of the government can inculcate a feeling of hetaerism for the GTA in future said Giri. If the government itself wants chaos, GJM will ... «isikkim, Apr 12»
5
How to: archive and back up photos
... confinements colleague gambette nitramine terrorise gelatinizability chevachee plages hetaerism capersome gnomish objectiveness slusher ... «What Digital Camera, Sep 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hetaerism [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hetaerism>. Apr 2024 ».
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