Dionysian
pronunciation
How to pronounce Dionysian in British English:
UK [ˌdaiəˈniziən]
How to pronounce Dionysian in American English:
US [ˌdaɪəˈnɪʃən, -ˈnɪʒən, -ˈnɪsiən]
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- Adjective:
- of or relating to or worshipping Dionysus
Word Origin
- Dionysian (adj.)
- of or pertaining to Dionysos, Greek god of wine and revelry, identified with Roman Bacchus. His name is of unknown origin. Or in reference to historical men named Dionysius such as the tyrants of Syracuse and especially Dionysius Exiguus (see A.D.), such as Dionysian period of 532 Julian years, when the moon phases recur on the same days of the week.
Example
- 1. What about that tremendous phenomenon of the dionysian ?
- 2. In their inner world there exist two opposing forces , the dionysian spirit and the apollonian spirit , both of which strive for domination , thus resulting in various inner conflicts .
- 3. In the end , their human organism maimed , their dionysian impulses defeated with the process of industrialization , they are becoming the living dead .
- 4. Wine , in the long history of human culture , has not only an objective existence of material , but a cultural symbol , a symbol of the dionysian spirit .
- 5. The contradiction between the hu-xiang school of neo-confucianism and chu culture is actually the opposition of two ethos , apolloian mean and dionysian intoxication .