olympian
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8.1
- adjective
- /əˈlɪm.pi.ən/
- Formal
:
olímpico
- The artist's olympian detachment from trends allowed him to create timeless masterpieces.
- olympian detachment
Examples
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In essays and letters, Ellison has written of that time and place in a deliberate, formal, sometimes ornate, almost Olympian style.
Fiction book (1997) -
In the summer of 1993, AQ focused on the intelligentsia's addiction to abstract theorizing, its ideological rigidity, and its Olympian certitude.
Academic text (1993) -
He came to hold an Olympian view of himself and a rather Olympian perspective on other human beings.
Academic text (2011) -
Newton barely ate or slept when a problem seized his mind and lived his life with Olympian detachment from his fellow human beings.
Academic text (2011) -
He had a power of merciless chaff,' recalled one Old Boy, which I have never seen equaled in any other man... he was not the type of headmaster who sits apart in Olympian dignity.
Fiction book (1999) -
We are well rid of the notions that we can somehow attain a pure Olympian disengagement outside of culture, class, and language; or that we should somehow strive for a nonpartisan and dispassionate view of social, ethical, and political matters if we wish to understand them.
Academic text (1993) -
His olympian calm during the crisis impressed everyone in the room.
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She had an olympian perspective on the competition, feeling above the petty rivalries that others indulged in.
Synonyms
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4.3
Having great beauty and causing people to feel respect
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3.6
Large and impressive in appearance or manner
Grand and serious in a way that makes people respect it
Antonyms
Compounds
An ancient Greek festival at Olympia with sports and religious ceremonies held every four years to honor Zeus
How Majestic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Olympian comes from Olympus, where the gods were thought to be above everyday life. So olympian can mean 'majestic' or 'calmly above small worries', showing a sense of distance or superiority.