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Apollonian

Definition of Apollonian

adjective

  • 1 Greek Mythology relating to the god Apollo.
  • 2relating to the rational, ordered, and self-disciplined aspects of human nature: the struggle between cold Apollonian categorization and Dionysiac lust and chaosCompare with Dionysiac.

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