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Greek life
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English
Etymology
From en Greek of or pertaining to a fraternity or sorority and en life.
Noun
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en US The activities of college fraternities and sororities.
en Greekdom
en-US Emma Goldberg Cornell Students Question Greek Life Culture After Sexual Assault Claim The New York Times 2026-09-30 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/nyregion/cornell-university-students-jane-doe-case.html 0362-4331 Plenty of students interviewed said it is hard for them to imagine challenging the social influence of Greek life on campus, to which roughly one-third of Cornell students belong. Some said Greek life has only grown more socially powerful since the isolation of the Covid pandemic, which left people hungrier for tight social bonds. Still more said they recognize that many of Cornell’s donors have close and nostalgic ties to Greek life.