nontheatrical
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnθiˈætrɪkəl/
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no teatral
- KEYWORDS: nontheatrical exhibition, prison, spectatorship, distraction, inmates, Sing Sing #
- nontheatrical exhibition
Examples
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Many students prefer to explore nontheatrical forms of storytelling, such as documentaries and real-life case studies.
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Thanks to innovative scholarly research on nontheatrical exhibition and alternative forms of film spectatorship over the past two decades, our understanding of what it means to go to the movies has become considerably richer and more complicated.
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My own work in nontheatrical film exhibition has examined the natural history museum, planetarium, and museum gallery sites of alternative screen practices.
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The museum showcased various nontheatrical art installations that encouraged interaction rather than performance.
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The college offers workshops on nontheatrical filmmaking that focus on capturing everyday life in a realistic way.
Synonyms
Not intended as a play or stage show
Not dramatic or showy
Antonyms
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4.8
Related to the theatre or showing strong feeling in a dramatic way like an actor on stage
Surface Forms
Morphology
nontheatrical = theatrical (transparent) = non + theatre + ical
Formed by adding the productive prefix 'non-' to 'theatrical', yielding the negative of 'relating to the theatre'.
Etymology
Nontheatrical breaks into non- meaning 'not' and theatrical, from theatre meaning 'a place for watching plays'. So it can mean 'not for the theatre' and is used for films or shows made to be shown outside cinemas, like in schools, online, or on TV.