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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.
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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
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
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Preservé is generally for those who are having their first augmentation (not a revision), who want a modest size increase, and who have relatively symmetric breasts and enough breast tissue to cradle the implant.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
15 Oct. 2025
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Astronomers led by John McKean of the University of Groningen, the University of Pretoria and the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory, and Devon Powell of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, were aiming to resolve the lensed image of a compact symmetric object (CSO).—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Apollonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Apollonian. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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