orgiastic

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Meanwhile, business owners in Ischgl say they have been scapegoated and that reports of orgiastic scenes are gross exaggerations.

From The Guardian • Sep. 5, 2020

Much later, Crusoe discovers an orgiastic cannibal feast and helps rescue a captive to whom he gives the name Friday.

From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2019

With its PG-13 rating, and its solemn statements of faith in the band as a family, “Bohemian Rhapsody” may be the least orgiastic tribute ever paid to the world of rock.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 26, 2018

Many here noted that Mr. Bowie, a global star whose songs about being an outsider and an outcast gave him a particular cult status during the orgiastic, anything-goes 1970s, had affected their lives.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2016

Towards all these cults the Roman state displayed wide toleration, only interfering with them when their orgiastic rites came into conflict with Roman conceptions of morality.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly