Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carnivalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: car-ni-val-ize
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To subvert (mainstream assumptions or literary styles) through humour and chaos.

Transitive verb

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."

Etymology

From carnival + -ize, originating in translations of the writings of Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: carnival

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

carnivalizes (present, singular) carnivalizing (participle, present) carnivalized (participle, past) carnivalized (past)

Frequently Paired Words

carnivalization

Questions

What does carnivalize mean?: To subvert (mainstream assumptions or literary styles) through humour and chaos.
Where does carnivalize come from?: From carnival + -ize, originating in translations of the writings of Russian critic Mikhail Bakhtin.

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