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单词 Apollonian
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Definition of Apollonian in English:

Apollonian

adjective ˌapəˈləʊnɪənˌæpəˈloʊniən
  • 1Greek Mythology
    Relating to the god Apollo.

    〔希腊神话〕(与)阿波罗神(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, when we make reference today to the basic body types in our sport, we use terms like Apollonian and Herculean, such is the great influence of early Greek society on athletic pursuits.
  • 2Relating to the rational, ordered, and self-disciplined aspects of human nature.

    (与)理性而有序(有关)的;自律的。比较DIONYSIAC

    the struggle between cold Apollonian categorization and Dionysiac lust and chaos
    Compare with Dionysiac
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The contrast between the rational and mystical aspects of life is often epitomized as the conflict between the Apollonian and the Dionysian.
    • Conflict is what this drama is about: conflict between what might be called masculine principles and feminine principles or, in Greek terms, between the Apollonian and chthonic, or earthy.
    • But in the final analysis, we must surely concede that Stravinsky's serene Apollonian vision of order and harmony was unequal to the moral catastrophe of his century.
    • Yet Warburg did not see history simply as the triumphal procession of Apollonian logic and beauty in the centuries following the Renaissance.
    • The purity of Apollonian art, in contrast, implies quitting the locus of pain.
    • There's great beauty, there's great chaos, there's death and rebirth, it goes back to the classical Greek myths, the Apollonian and the Dionysian.
    • In his essays this perspective is linked to the Greeks' doctrine of moderation and the demand for a balance between the Apollonian and Dionysian forces.
    • I remember when we were discussing this earlier you were saying that in a way this tends to stack up as an argument between the Apollonian and the Dionysian view.
    • If blind evolution is the Dionysisan, spontaneous self-organization is the Apollonian, the source of restraint and order.
    • Despite its Apollonian name, what this theater specialized in was always the Dionysiac: the energy, the pizzazz begotten on the despair of social injustice.
    • It's such a detailed map of culture and philosophy and psychology, and a poignant rendering of the struggle between Apollonian and Dionysian tendencies.
    • As the last true representative of the Greek philosophical spirit, Plotinus is Apollonian, not Dionysian.
    • Loft, the professor, was lecturing about the two driving forces of art - the Apollonian and the Dionysian.
    • We have to go back in our lives constantly and these models that the Greeks provide, the ordered Apollonian and the brilliant chaotic aspect of the Dionysian are both extremely valuable concepts.
    • They have some good stuff comparing Apollonian and Dionysian consciousness…
    • But most are convincingly realized, self-contained worlds: Apollonian, harmonious, impersonal.
    • These are strong, assertive readings, inspiringly so in the Brahms, which too often is played as if in a state of fear or Apollonian disinvolvement.
    • If it is impossible to compass flux, truly to prescribe life a symbolic form, then notions of Apollonian order, of Dionysian excess, are no different; merely another illusory device.
    • It's almost as if he obeyed two impulses, Dionysian and Apollonian.
    • He thinks so logically that he is more like an Apollonian scholar than a Dionysian artist.

Rhymes

Aberdonian, Amazonian, Babylonian, Baconian, Bostonian, Caledonian, Catalonian, Chalcedonian, Ciceronian, Devonian, draconian, Estonian, Etonian, gorgonian, Ionian, Johnsonian, Laconian, Macedonian, Miltonian, Newtonian, Oregonian, Oxonian, Patagonian, Plutonian, Tennysonian, Tobagonian, Washingtonian

Definition of Apollonian in US English:

Apollonian

adjectiveˌæpəˈloʊniənˌapəˈlōnēən
  • 1Greek Mythology
    Relating to the god Apollo.

    〔希腊神话〕(与)阿波罗神(有关)的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In fact, when we make reference today to the basic body types in our sport, we use terms like Apollonian and Herculean, such is the great influence of early Greek society on athletic pursuits.
  • 2Relating to the rational, ordered, and self-disciplined aspects of human nature.

    (与)理性而有序(有关)的;自律的。比较DIONYSIAC

    the struggle between cold Apollonian categorization and Dionysiac lust and chaos
    Compare with Dionysian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The purity of Apollonian art, in contrast, implies quitting the locus of pain.
    • But in the final analysis, we must surely concede that Stravinsky's serene Apollonian vision of order and harmony was unequal to the moral catastrophe of his century.
    • We have to go back in our lives constantly and these models that the Greeks provide, the ordered Apollonian and the brilliant chaotic aspect of the Dionysian are both extremely valuable concepts.
    • It's almost as if he obeyed two impulses, Dionysian and Apollonian.
    • Despite its Apollonian name, what this theater specialized in was always the Dionysiac: the energy, the pizzazz begotten on the despair of social injustice.
    • In his essays this perspective is linked to the Greeks' doctrine of moderation and the demand for a balance between the Apollonian and Dionysian forces.
    • There's great beauty, there's great chaos, there's death and rebirth, it goes back to the classical Greek myths, the Apollonian and the Dionysian.
    • I remember when we were discussing this earlier you were saying that in a way this tends to stack up as an argument between the Apollonian and the Dionysian view.
    • If it is impossible to compass flux, truly to prescribe life a symbolic form, then notions of Apollonian order, of Dionysian excess, are no different; merely another illusory device.
    • The contrast between the rational and mystical aspects of life is often epitomized as the conflict between the Apollonian and the Dionysian.
    • Loft, the professor, was lecturing about the two driving forces of art - the Apollonian and the Dionysian.
    • They have some good stuff comparing Apollonian and Dionysian consciousness…
    • It's such a detailed map of culture and philosophy and psychology, and a poignant rendering of the struggle between Apollonian and Dionysian tendencies.
    • Conflict is what this drama is about: conflict between what might be called masculine principles and feminine principles or, in Greek terms, between the Apollonian and chthonic, or earthy.
    • But most are convincingly realized, self-contained worlds: Apollonian, harmonious, impersonal.
    • These are strong, assertive readings, inspiringly so in the Brahms, which too often is played as if in a state of fear or Apollonian disinvolvement.
    • If blind evolution is the Dionysisan, spontaneous self-organization is the Apollonian, the source of restraint and order.
    • He thinks so logically that he is more like an Apollonian scholar than a Dionysian artist.
    • As the last true representative of the Greek philosophical spirit, Plotinus is Apollonian, not Dionysian.
    • Yet Warburg did not see history simply as the triumphal procession of Apollonian logic and beauty in the centuries following the Renaissance.
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