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Apollonian

[ap-uh-loh-nee-uhn]

adjective

  1. pertaining to the cult of Apollo.

  2. (lowercase)serene, calm, or well-balanced; poised and disciplined.

  3. (lowercase)having the properties of or preferring classic beauty.



Apollonian

/ ˌæəˈəʊɪə /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Apollo or the cult of Apollo

  2. (sometimes not capital) (in the philosophy of Nietzsche) denoting or relating to the set of static qualities that encompass form, reason, harmony, sobriety, etc

  3. (often not capital) harmonious; serene; ordered

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Apollonian1

1655–65; < Greek DZṓn ( os ) of Apollo + -an
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Example Sentences

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We grow up to discover there are names in every culture for that — yin and yang, the Apollonian and Dionysian, Vishnu and Shiva, thesis and antithesis, the law of contraries, the dialectic.

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But Kennedy is also embarrassing himself by putting out photo and video content meant to prove that he, at age 69, is some kind of Apollonian model of physical perfection.

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Where Michelle’s marquise is ruled by an Apollonian temperament, Vetter puts a heavy thumb on the “love” scale.

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Their presence dramatizes the twin energies upon which all creation, in art and life, relies — the Apollonian and Dionysian, yin and yang, form and essence, thesis and antithesis.

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Back then, it seemed a portrait of the storied partnership between Osipova and David Hallberg: the Apollonian American barely keeping up with the impulsive Russian, catching her when she leaped.

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