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Hetaerist vs Hetaerism - What's the difference?

hetaerist | hetaerism |

As nouns the difference between hetaerist and hetaerism

is that hetaerist is a practitioner or advocate of hetaerism while hetaerism is a theoretical early state of human society (as postulated by 19th-century anthropologists) which was characterized by the absence of the institution of marriage in any form, and where women were the common property of their tribe, and the children never knew their fathers synonym: "primitive promiscuity".

hetaerist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A practitioner or advocate of hetaerism.

    • hetaerism

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hetairism * hetarism

    Noun

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  • A theoretical early state of human society (as postulated by 19th-century anthropologists) which was characterized by the absence of the institution of marriage in any form, and where women were the common property of their tribe, and the children never knew their fathers. Synonym: "primitive promiscuity".
  • An ancient Greek]] custom according to which a man's wife was forbidden to accompany him to many public events, including the banquets or [[symposium, symposia'' which made up a large part of Greek social life, and where men sought out the company of courtesans or ''hetaerae instead.

    • Derived terms

    * hetaerist