theatricality
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7.7
- noun
- /θiːˈætrɪkəlɪti/
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teatralidad
- The theatricality of her speech made the event feel more like a play than a formal meeting.
- theatricality and spectacle
- Absorption and theatricality
- kind of theatricality
And he says as a young poet, when he renders that prose, he uses only high syntactic theatricality.
- And he says as a young poet, when he renders that prose, he uses only high syntactic theatricality.
Examples
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Such theatricality manifested itself both in formal performances and in the guise of general exuberance.
Academic text (2003) -
Shows me that he has an old-school sense of fun and theatricality to his filmmaking.
Blog text (18) -
Oh, I see the theatricality of it.
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"Theatricality, my dear, is your department."
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Let's just drop the theatricality, all right?
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The grandeur, the energy, the theatricality of this room, it's actually exactly what we need.
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If this observation is correct, a shadow of theatricality and melodrama is thrown over the stage.
Academic text (1996) -
His singing was full of verve and intelligence; his sense of theatricality was almost always unerring.
Blog text (22) -
The black-and-white photographs used to promote her work are colored by an overwhelming sense of theatricality.
Academic text (1996) -
By exaggerating the dynamics and effects of theatricality, Zorrilla presents a glimpse of its essence.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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4.8
Dramatic behavior done to get attention
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7.7
A very bright and fancy style that attracts attention in dress or manner
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9.9
A loud, showy kind of acting that looks fake and draws attention
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7.9
A style that is exaggerated and showy to be funny or to make fun
A quality of feeling unreal and too much like acting in a play
A way of behaving that is dramatic and exaggerated to attract attention
Acting in an exaggerated, showy way that feels loud and not natural
A style that uses exaggerated emotions and actions in plays or films
Actions that seem important but do not make real change
Antonyms
How Theatrical
Surface Forms
Morphology
theatricality = theatrical (transparent) = theatre + ical + ity
The word is formed by a clear adjective + -ity nominalization (theatrical -> theatricality), so the immediate derivation is straightforward.
Etymology
The word theatricality comes from theatre, the place of actors and shows. So it means the quality of being 'like the stage', meaning 'showy' or 'artificial' and often 'exaggerated'.