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Dionysian

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Adjective

1. dionysian

of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Dionysian

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adjective
1. 
of or relating to Dionysus
2. (sometimes not capital)
(in the philosophy of Nietzsche) of or relating to the set of creative qualities that encompasses spontaneity, irrationality, the rejection of discipline, etc
3. (often not capital)
wild or orgiastic
4. 
of or relating to any of the historical characters named Dionysius

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Dionysian

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adjective
1. 
Dionysiac
2. 
of the orgiastic nature of the Dionysia; wild, frenzied, and sensuous
see also Apollonian
3. 
of any of several historical figures named Dionysus

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Dionysian

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adj.
1. Greek Mythology
a. Of or relating to Dionysus.
b. Of or devoted to the worship of Dionysus.
2. often dionysian Of an ecstatic, orgiastic, or irrational nature; frenzied or undisciplined: "remained the nearest to the instinctual, the irrational in music, and thus to the Dionysian spirit in art" (Musco Carner).
3. often dionysian In the philosophy of Nietzsche, of or displaying creative-intuitive power as opposed to critical-rational power.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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