dionysian

See also: Dionysian

English

Etymology

From German dionysisch (“Dionysian”). Coined by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.

Adjective

dionysian (comparative more dionysian, superlative most dionysian)

1. Wild, irrational, and undisciplined.
   • 2022 October 22, Maureen Dowd, “Ralph Fiennes, Master of Monsters”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     He said he loved making movies like Luca Guadagnino’s “A Bigger Splash,” in which his charismatic, obstreperous character, Harry Hawkes, a music producer described by the Italian director as “a pagan fawn,” does a Dionysian dance to the Rolling Stones song “Emotional Rescue.”

Synonyms

• dionysiac

Antonyms

• apollonian

Translations

wild, irrational, and undisciplined

• Catalan: dionisíac
• Finnish: dionyysinen
• Greek: διονυσιακός (el) m (dionysiakós)