Dionysian
adjective
- Dionysiac
- of the orgiastic nature of the Dionysia; wild, frenzied, and sensuous
- of any of several historical figures named Dionysus
See Dionysian in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dīˌə-nĭshˈən, -nĭzhˈən, -nĭsˈē-ən)
adjective- Greek Mythology
a. Of or relating to Dionysus.
b. Of or devoted to the worship of Dionysus.
- 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).
- often dionysian In the philosophy of Nietzsche, of or displaying creative-intuitive power as opposed to critical-rational power.
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