Meaning of carnivalize | Babel Free
Definitions
To subvert (mainstream assumptions or literary styles) through humour and chaos.
Equivalents
Deutsch
karnevalisieren
Suomi
karnevalisoida
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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