Apollonian

/ə.ˈpoʊl.oʊ.ni.ən/ adjective

Relating to Apollo or embodying the qualities associated with him: rational, orderly, harmonious, intellectual, and aesthetically refined.

From Apollo with the suffix '-ian,' popularized especially by philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1872) who contrasted 'Apollonian' (rational, order, individuation) with 'Dionysian' (emotional, chaos, dissolution).

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