"freak show" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-freak show.ogg Forms: freak shows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} freak show (plural freak shows)
  1. An intentionally shocking exhibition of people with unusual characteristics, and which may include people who are gigantic, dwarfish, intersex, physically deformed or who have other extraordinary diseases, conditions and talents. Categories (topical): Circus, People
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  2. (slang, derogatory) A freakish person, or a group thereof. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-freak_show-en-noun-CrxYAsTp Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (freak show): 畸形秀 (jīxíngxiù) (Chinese Mandarin), freak show (Finnish), freak show [masculine] (French), Monstrositätenschau [feminine] (German), 見世物小屋 (misemono goya) (alt: みせものごや) (Japanese), dziwoląg [masculine] (Polish), show de aberrações [masculine] (Portuguese), фрик-шо́у (frik-šóu) [neuter] (Russian), шо́у уро́дов (šóu uródov) [neuter] (Russian), шо́у уро́дцев (šóu uródcev) [neuter] (Russian), пано́птикум (panóptikum) [masculine] (Russian), espectáculo de fenómenos [masculine] (Spanish), missfostercirkus (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'freak show': 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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