Definitions for Apollonian

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Apollonian Ap·ol·lo·ni·an

Spelling: [ap-uh-loh-nee-uh n]

IPA: /ˌæp əˈloʊ ni ən/

Apollonian is a 10 letter English word.

You can make 214 anagrams from letters in Apollonian (aaillnnoop).

Definitions for Apollonian

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. Compare Dionysian (def 2).

Origin of Apollonian

1655-65; Greek apollṓni(os) of Apollo + -an

Examples for Apollonian

The two faces of the Greek art he calls the Apollonian and the Dionysian impulses.

I am thus brought face to face with the eternal conflict in art between the Apollonian and the Dionysian principles.

Arnobius and the fathers of the fourth century generally believed in the Apollonian thaumaturgy and attributed it to magic.

Mayburn, folding his slice of bread-and-butter, took her harshness with Apollonian serenity.