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Adjective
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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 -
By the ninth century B.C.E., Delos had been established as an Apollonian sanctuary.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 June 2024
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It is shaped as a perfectly symmetrical U with a row of three rooms on each side and another room at the back connecting both rows.—
K. Desbouis,
Artforum,
6 Feb. 2026
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Friday is 2/6/26, a pleasingly symmetrical series of numbers that has been sadly left out of the pantheon of novelty dates.—
Holly J. Morris,
NPR,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Apollinian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Apollinian. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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