to carnalize
- verb
- /ˈkɑrnəˌlaɪz/
- NSFW
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carnalizar
- They carnalized their relationship, focusing only on physical attraction.
Examples
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The author warned that unchecked desire could carnalize even the purest intentions.
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Some critics argue that modern culture has carnalized our appreciation of art and beauty.
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He feared that material excess would carnalize the spiritual search for meaning.
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Don't carnalize your art; express deeper emotions.
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Some critics argue that modern culture has carnalized our appreciation of art and beauty.
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He feared that material excess would carnalize the spiritual search for meaning.
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The author warned that unchecked desire could carnalize even the purest intentions.
Synonyms
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7.5
To make people think of someone or something in terms of sex
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7.7
To make someone's morals worse by causing selfish or dishonest behaviour
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9.9
To lead someone into too much drinking, sex, or other wrong acts
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9.1
To make something seem sexual to attract attention
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7.5
To make someone lose their sense of right and wrong
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8.4
To make people less moral by encouraging bad behaviour
Make something seem mainly about physical or sexual pleasure and lower its moral value
Make a person lose moral strength or become corrupt
To act in a rude or crude way that offends other people
Antonyms
How Sexualized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word carnalize comes from the root carn- meaning 'flesh', the same root in carnal and carnivore. It pictures turning something into flesh or bodily desire, so to carnalize is to corrupt or lower something by treating it as mere physical or sexual pleasure.