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psychodramatic

8.7

Showing very strong, theatrical feelings like people acting in a play

adjective
/ˌsaɪkoʊdrəˈmætɪk/

: psicodramático

The film's psychodramatic scenes made the audience feel the characters' intense emotions.

Examples

He tends to become psychodramatic when discussing personal setbacks.
Her psychodramatic reaction to the news surprised everyone in the office.
Wow, that was so psychodramatic!
Her psychodramatic outbursts often surprised everyone at the meeting.
The actor's performance was so psychodramatic that the audience felt every emotion he portrayed.
Her psychodramatic reactions to minor events often left her friends bewildered.
During therapy, he engaged in psychodramatic exercises to explore his feelings and past experiences.

Synonyms

melodramatic

vspsychodramatic

32 5.6

Showing feelings in a way that is too strong

is more intense and staged like a therapeutic emotional enactment

maniacal

vspsychodramatic

19 8.6

Very wild and out of control, seeming crazy

is more about dramatic emotional display than violent frenzy

overdramatic

vspsychodramatic

7 4.9

Showing too much feeling about small things

is similar but implies deeper purposeful emotional performance

hyperemotional

vspsychodramatic

1 7.9

Showing very strong feelings that change quickly and seem too much

is more theatrical and staged as if in an acted scene

passional

vspsychodramatic

Archaic

9.8

Showing strong emotion, often in a dramatic or poetic way

is more overtly acted and theatrical rather than purely passionate

hysteretic

vspsychodramatic

9.9

Showing extreme, uncontrolled emotion that upsets or frightens others

is more deliberately staged and theatrical rather than purely panicked

semihysterical

vspsychodramatic

8.9

Acting very upset but not completely out of control

is more fully acted and intensely exaggerated rather than partially extreme

phrenetic

vspsychodramatic

Archaic

9.9

Being very excited and unable to stay calm

is more theatrical and emotionally staged rather than purely frenzied

How Theatrical

overwrought

13 7.8

psychodramatic

8.7

dramatic

358 3.6

emotional

535 2.1

subtle

276 6.0

Surface Forms

psychodramatic positive

Morphology

psychodramatic = psychodrama (semi-transparent) = psychodrama + tic

Built from 'psychodrama' + '-tic' but used figuratively to mean theatrically exaggerated emotion, so the relation to the literal therapeutic practice is metaphorical.

Etymology

Psychodramatic combines psycho-, meaning 'mind', and drama, meaning 'play' or 'action'. That's why we call a strong, theatrical emotional reaction psychodramatic: it is like someone acting out their inner feelings.