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carnivalistic

carnivalistic adjective: of or relating to carnival.

Adjective

carnivalistic (comparative more carnivalistic, superlative most carnivalistic)

  1. Of or relating to carnival.
    • The hyperbolic exchange of identities […] suggests a form of carnivalistic play.2007, Sean Brayton, “MTV's Jackass: Transgression, Abjection and the Economy of White Masculinity”, in Journal of Gender Studies, volume 16, page 63

Forms of carnivalistic

comparativemore carnivalistic
superlativemost carnivalistic

Origin of carnivalistic

From carnival + -istic.

Questions about carnivalistic

What does carnivalistic mean?
Carnivalistic means of or relating to carnival.
What part of speech is carnivalistic?
Carnivalistic is an adjective.

Words near carnivalistic in the dictionary

  1. carnival glass
  2. carnivaled
  3. carnivalesque
  4. carnivalic
  5. carnivaling
  6. carnivalistic
  7. carnivalization
  8. carnivalize
  9. carnivalized
  10. carnivalizes
  11. carnivalizing

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