Meaning of antiwit | Babel Free
Examples
“If wit enhances meaning, this systematic reductiveness is antiwit, ultimately reduced to an infantile practical joke that backfires.”
“[…] that was rendered as a kind of brilliant, nonsensical antiwit.”
“"He leaves Bowie laughing partly at the soporific antiwit," wrote Crowe, "but mostly over a successful effort at producing the unproduceable. Less than a minute later, Iggy Pop is the farthest thing from his mind⟳. Bowie's blanched bony face⟳ has already fallen into furrows. 'I am very, very bored,' he says."”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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