xenelasia

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (xenēlăsĭ́ā, “expulsion of foreigners”); see further at xenelasy.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /zɛniː.ləˈsiː.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /zɛni.ləˈsi.ə/
• Hyphenation: xen‧e‧las‧ia

Noun

xenelasia (uncountable)

1. (Ancient Greece, historical) Synonym of xenelasy (“the practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia”)