Festivalize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To make into, or like, a festival. transitive

    "The sharp edges of this, the bits that people notice, tend to be in spaces that we understand instinctively as belonging to all of us: parks and commons, which are increasingly “festivalised” – gated off for ticket holders."

Example

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"The sharp edges of this, the bits that people notice, tend to be in spaces that we understand instinctively as belonging to all of us: parks and commons, which are increasingly “festivalised” – gated off for ticket holders."

Etymology

From festival + -ize.

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