dionysian

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

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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.”

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