Medismn.

Brit.

/ˈmiːdɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmidˌɪzəm/

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μηδισμός.

Etymology: < ancient Greek μηδισμός (earliest in Herodotus) < Μῆδος Mede n. + -ισμός -ism suffix. Compare earlier Medize v.Although Cyrus the Persian took over the Median empire in 550 b.c., the Greeks continued to use the terms μηδισμός ‘Medism’ and μηδίζειν ‘to Medize’ through the 6th and 5th centuries b.c. See D. F. Graf in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. (1984) 104 15–30.

Greek History.

1. Sympathy with or support for the Medes or Persians (esp. by some Greeks during the Persian Wars of the 6th and 5th centuries b.c.); Medizing.

ΚΠ

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xliv. 359 Medism (or treacherous correspondence with the Persians).

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 254/2 Her [sc. Aegina's] medism in 491 is to be explained by her commercial relations with the Persian Empire.

1927 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 38 7 He [sc. Anaxagoras] was exiled on a charge of Medism.

1990 Classical Q. New Ser. 40 306 The association between tyranny and ‘medism’ was well established..and would endure beyond the Persian Wars.

2. A Median word or idiom. rare.

ΚΠ

1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel i. 34 Chaldaisms, Medisms, Persisms could, accordingly, be nothing strange in the Hebrew portion of his book.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	medism
释义	Medismn. Brit. /ˈmiːdɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmidˌɪzəm/ Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek μηδισμός. Etymology: < ancient Greek μηδισμός (earliest in Herodotus) < Μῆδος Mede n. + -ισμός -ism suffix. Compare earlier Medize v.Although Cyrus the Persian took over the Median empire in 550 b.c., the Greeks continued to use the terms μηδισμός ‘Medism’ and μηδίζειν ‘to Medize’ through the 6th and 5th centuries b.c. See D. F. Graf in Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. (1984) 104 15–30. Greek History. 1. Sympathy with or support for the Medes or Persians (esp. by some Greeks during the Persian Wars of the 6th and 5th centuries b.c.); Medizing. ΚΠ 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xliv. 359 Medism (or treacherous correspondence with the Persians). 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 254/2 Her [sc. Aegina's] medism in 491 is to be explained by her commercial relations with the Persian Empire. 1927 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 38 7 He [sc. Anaxagoras] was exiled on a charge of Medism. 1990 Classical Q. New Ser. 40 306 The association between tyranny and ‘medism’ was well established..and would endure beyond the Persian Wars. 2. A Median word or idiom. rare. ΚΠ 1864 E. B. Pusey Daniel i. 34 Chaldaisms, Medisms, Persisms could, accordingly, be nothing strange in the Hebrew portion of his book. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1849
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