saturnalia

/,sætə:'neiljə/
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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity: A period or occasion of unrestrained, often licentious, revelry and merrymaking.
    • An orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn: The ancient Roman festival of Saturn, celebrated in December, characterized by a temporary suspension of social norms, feasting, and role reversals.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • The office party descended into a complete saturnalia.
    • The historian described the Roman Saturnalia as a time when slaves were served by their masters.
Advanced Usage
  • "a saturnalia of [something]": Used to describe a scene of wild, chaotic, and often destructive excess related to a specific thing.
    • The riot was a saturnalia of violence and looting.
    • The film depicts a saturnalia of greed in the financial world.
Variants and Related Words
  • Saturnalian (adj): Of or relating to the Saturnalia; characterized by unrestrained revelry.
    • The party had a saturnalian atmosphere.
Synonyms
  • Orgy: A wild party characterized by excessive drinking and promiscuous sexual activity.
  • Bacchanalia: A drunken feast or orgy (named for Bacchus, the Roman god of wine).
  • Revelry: Lively and noisy festivities, especially involving drinking.
  • Debauch: An occasion of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • "A feast of fools": An event characterized by chaos and the overturning of normal order, similar in spirit to the Saturnalia.
  • "Carnivalesque": Having the qualities of a carnival, especially the subversion of hierarchies and norms, a concept often linked to the spirit of Saturnalia.
Noun
  1. a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  2. an orgiastic festival in ancient Rome in honor of Saturn

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