Carnivalize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Carnivalize is a verb meaning (transitive, literature) To subvert (mainstream assumptions or literary styles) through humour and chaos.
Meaning
(transitive, literature) To subvert (mainstream assumptions or literary styles) through humour and chaos.
Example Sentences
Gorenshtein carnivalizes Mother Russia herself and Ivanova carnivalizes love for Mother Russia.
The audience is then rapidly transported to the bizarre and excessively corporeal world of the forest people who, mostly misshapen, mute, and genetically deformed, nonetheless convey a tremendous vitality that carnivalizes classical form with formlessness.
Word Forms
- carnivalizes
- carnivalizing
- carnivalized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bacchanalize, bacchanalise, harlequin, carouse, harlotize, jollify.
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