Example sentences for: dionysian

How can you use “dionysian” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The Apollonian spirit is one of measure, reason, and control; the Dionysian is one of abandon, irrationality, and ecstatic release.

  • The late Versace, with his Miami colors, outrageous impracticality, and explicit sexuality, is the Dionysian.

  • The Dionysian comes from Dionysius, the god of wine and fertility, who was worshipped with drunken orgies in the woods at which nonparticipants were ripped to pieces.

  • The Apollonian line begins with Washington Irving, the Dionysian with James Fenimore Cooper.

  • Dionysian is limited as a means of ordering the world.


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