campiness
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7.9
- noun
- /ˈkæmpɪnəs/
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exageración
- Their faggishness, their solitude, their neuroses, their goofiness, their campiness, or, even their masculinity at times.
Examples
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The film's deliberate campiness made it a cult classic, as viewers enjoyed its over-the-top performances.
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Speaking generally about your films, you both seem to have a certain love of campiness, which is apparent in the use of caricatures for many characters, as well as in an overall sort of extremism reminiscent of the work of someone like John Waters here in the U.S.
Fiction book (1994) -
There was the campiness of Batman...
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I really liked the campiness of the other ones and how they admitted a lot of shitty things about our history, in a subtle or more explicit way.
Blog text (25) -
As sincere as Shaw's support for them was, though, there is a campiness to his view of these men as well, mainly when he focuses on their physical personae, as Coward does.
Academic text (2017) -
She had used years before (I remember this well, the near campiness of it) when she told me that a woman in Minneapolis had put her French poodle in the microwave to dry after she washed him, and the dog, well, he just exploded.
Fiction book (1996) -
Her costume was designed to enhance the campiness of the character, with bright colors and exaggerated features.
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The play embraced campiness with its ridiculous plot twists and theatrical acting, leaving the audience in stitches.
Synonyms
21
4.8
Dramatic behavior done to get attention
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7.7
A showy, exaggerated way of behaving like in a play
6
9.1
Very dramatic behavior that tries to get attention
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7.9
Clown-like, silly actions meant to make people laugh
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8.0
A playful, joking way of behaving that makes people laugh
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8.1
Acting that is too dramatic and seems fake
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9.9
A loud, showy kind of acting that looks fake and draws attention
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7.4
A quality that makes people laugh
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4.9
A feeling that something is silly because it is cheap or too sentimental
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6.0
Being sentimental and old-fashioned in a way that feels silly or embarrassing
A way of behaving that is dramatic and exaggerated to attract attention
Loud exaggerated actions meant to get attention or make people laugh
Acting in an exaggerated, showy way that feels loud and not natural
A style that uses exaggerated emotions and actions in plays or films
A feeling of being silly and fake that others do not take seriously
Antonyms
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5.6
Saying something in a way that makes it seem less important, serious, or bad than it really is
How Campy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Campiness comes from camp, a slang sense that people trace to a French verb meaning 'to pose' — imagine someone striking a big, dramatic pose on stage. So, campiness means being playfully over-the-top and showy, like a theatre act.