Apollonian

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Recent Examples of Apollonian Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of rationality, Apollonian, and the irrational passion, defined as Dionysian, have always been a sort of philosophical guide for Murano; his way of conceiving fashion. Alberto Calabrese, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025 By the ninth century B.C.E., Delos had been established as an Apollonian sanctuary. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024 Federer’s genius, on the other hand, has always been of a more Apollonian variety. Andrew Barker, Variety, 19 June 2024 But no uncertainty hindered Stella’s progress, a career arc that suggested, and still does, an irresistibly Apollonian art history, dismissive of alternate trends. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024 But where Winogrand and Friedlander used their cameras to capture the city’s high-speed, off-kilter energy, Estes had Apollonian impulses. Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023 Haag and Kertzer began the program on Haag’s 23rd birthday with a weeklong primer on Apollonian circle packings — the ancient study of how circles can harmoniously squeeze into one larger circle. Quanta Magazine, 10 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Apollonian
symmetrical
Adjective
  • Plans start around $45 per month and offer speeds up to 940 Mbps, with symmetrical upload and download speeds for a fast, reliable connection.
    Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Almost all of the rooms are perfectly symmetrical, a true testament to perfect coordination between roommates' parents.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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