Apollonian

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Recent Examples of Apollonian In normal times, such a bipartisan celebration as the 250th birthday of the United States would be an Apollonian project run at the federal level and everyone else would play a supporting role. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026 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 Gomez might have never experienced the Apollonian thrill of working a traditional 9-5 but this outfit belongs to someone who has seen the Slack messaging app. — Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Apollonian
symmetrical
Adjective
  • For both your antiques and florals, use an odd number of items to keep it from feeling too symmetrical or rigid.
    — Ella Field, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But the more symmetrical approach that United adopted stopped them from generating the routes through the block that had been much more promising in the first half.
    — Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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“Apollonian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Apollonian. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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