What's the difference between greek and panhellenism?
Greek
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Greece or the Greeks; Grecian.
(n.) A native, or one of the people, of Greece; a Grecian; also, the language of Greece.
(n.) A swindler; a knave; a cheat.
(n.) Something unintelligible; as, it was all Greek to me.
Example Sentences:
(1) In a separate exclusive interview , Alexis Tsipras, the increasingly powerful 37-year-old Greek politician now regarded by many as holding the future of the euro in his hands, told the Guardian that he was determined "to stop the experiment" with austerity policies imposed by Germany.
(2) Greek officials categorically denied the report with many describing it as a "joke".
(3) An unexpected result of the Greek crisis has been a flight of capital into British government bonds, which has seen gilt prices fall.
(4) Greek police have said the 45-year old man arrested over the attack has admitted being a member of the extremist Golden Dawn Party.
(5) Thus, the dental health and dietary habits of the Greek immigrant and the Swedish children were generally very similar, while the Greek rural children showed a less favourable cariological status.
(6) Portugal's slide towards a Greek-style second bailout accelerated after its principal private lenders indicated that they were growing weary of assurances from Lisbon that it could get on top of the country's debts.
(7) Far from securing the regime change they were seeking, the creditors now find that Syriza is being supported by all Greek political parties apart from the communists and the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn.
(8) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Columnist Jonathan Freedland and economics editor Larry Elliott discuss the late-night deal that the Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras has agreed to When it comes to the now-abandoned Thessaloniki Programme, the radical manifesto on which Alexis Tsipras came to power, there is always talk of implementing it “from below”: that is, demanding so many workers’ rights inside the industries designated for privatisation that it becomes impossible; or implementing the minimum wage through wildcat strikes.
(9) Would the Greek crisis have been avoided if Europe had stuck to fiscal discipline?
(10) Greece standoff over €86bn bailout eases after Brussels deal Read more But while the bailout chiefs are poised to agree on a route map, the journey for the Greek people seems no less long and arduous.
(11) "But if public opposition to further austerity measures hardens, the Greek government could find it even tougher to put the public finances back on a sustainable footing."
(12) Financial experts aren't immediately sure what to make of the report, but one theory is that the figure includes the 'profits' the European Central Bank has made by buying Greek debt at distressed levels since the crisis began: econhedge (@econhedge) suggestion that this is planned EUR31.5b+ECB profits.
(13) The Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras welcomed the IMF’s intervention saying in a TV interview that what the IMF said was never put to him during negotiations.
(14) To leave the Euro, says Clarke, would be "disastrous" for the Greeks.
(15) The footballer, who plays for club side Gabala and the national team , had waved a Turkish flag during a Europa League match in Cyprus, and appeared to make an obscene gesture at a Greek journalist who asked why he had done so.
(16) In the context of a simplified diamond lattice model of a six-member, Greek key beta-barrel protein that is closely related in topology to plastocyanin, the nature of the folding and unfolding pathways have been investigated using dynamic Monte Carlo techniques.
(17) Greek debt crisis: What's in the proposals from Athens?
(18) The decision triggers a refusal by the EU and the IMF to forward new funds to pay interest on Greek debts.
(19) These include 250 pieces of Greek and Roman pottery and sculpture, and 1,500 Greek and Ottoman gold, silver and bronze coins.
(20) In Paris, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President François Hollande tried to plot a common strategy after Greeks returned a resounding no to five years of eurozone-scripted austerity.
Panhellenism
Definition:
(n.) A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body.
Example Sentences:
(1) 4 October 2009: George Papandreou becomes prime minister Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok) party wins power after New Democracy calls a snap general election, asking the Greek people for a new mandate to tackle the looming financial crisis.
(2) The body representing pharmacists, the Panhellenic Pharmaceutical Association, confirmed the shortages.
(3) With the Panhellenic Union of Seamen announcing yet more strike action earlier today – grounding ships in docks for another 48 hours - the Greek government has hit back, saying as of 6 AM Wednesday protestors will be issued with mobilization papers that will give them little choice but to return to work or be fired.
(4) 4 October 2009: George Papandreou becomes Greece's prime minister Papandreou's Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party wins power after New Democracy calls a snap general election, asking the Greek people for a new mandate to tackle the looming financial crisis.
(5) It’s crazy,” said Konstantinos Lourantos, president of the Panhellenic Pharmaceutical Association, in his pharmacy in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni.
(6) "Employers are blatantly using the avalanche of measures, which are crushing the human and social rights of workers, to violently demand submission to their demands," the Panhellenic Federation of Catering and Tourist Industry Employees said on its website.
(7) Following seven years of military rule and seven years of "democratic restoration" under the Right, Greece is now sailing under the flag of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK).
(8) We exhausted dialogue and came up with specific solutions.” Clearly exasperated he added: “As the decision of the Panhellenic Seamens’ orgnanisation has shown, [a decision] that was reached by a marginal majority, petty political aims sadly leave no space for dialogue.” The rolling strikes have meant that Greece’s islands have been cut off from the mainland for the past six days.
(9) Helena writes: Thousands of disabled Greeks have taken to the streets in what union organizers are describing as a “panhellenic rally” against the proposed cuts.
(10) Most of us haven’t been paid for the past seven months,” said Yiannis Stefanopoulos who as head of the Panhellenic Metalworkers Federation (POEM) was leading the protest march.
(12) Greek psychologist Kostas Euthimiou, vice-president of the Panhellenic Psychologists Union, equates the behaviour of Greeks with that of "spoilt children" and plays on the widespread German belief that they are being unfairly forced to pay for a nation that has overindulged.