theatrics
1
4.7
- noun
- /θiˈætrɪks/
:
teatro
- Don't ask me to host your goddamn amateur theatrics!
- amateur theatrics
Examples
-
At the gravesite, the muddy hole gaped open, and the priest began to pray aloud, using his poorly rendered amateur theatrics as accompaniment.
Fiction book (1992) -
She found great joy in participating in local theatrics and performing in community plays.
-
I was expecting theatrics, so I was prepared.
-
I like storytelling, I enjoy theatrics, so I grew very interested in the way they do things.
-
Aino Krohn and her friends led: they read, wrote, painted, and participated in amateur theatrics.
Academic text (1999) -
"For those of you unskilled in theatrics, our little play was performed to illustrate the murder of the Red Porch poor and orphaned!"
Fiction book (1992) -
" Although Tara Simon seemed to think it was a compliment, viewers probably took it to mean that her onstage theatrics exposed more than she thought.
Blog text (34) -
The second theatrical/cinematic resonance with Deleuze is found in Chapter XVII, where Santayana links his account of memory to theatrics.
Academic text (2017) -
The school's drama club focuses on teaching students the art of theatrics through various performances.
-
After joining the theater troupe, he discovered a passion for theatrics and stage production.
Synonyms
366
2.5
Creating and performing plays for an audience
239
1.8
A story performed by actors on stage
156
3.7
A performance of a play, film, or show for an audience
10
4.3
Presenting a play with choices about sets, lights, and actors
7
4.0
An activity of making and acting in plays, often at school
2
3.7
Putting on a play in a theatre with actors, sets, and lights
1
3.5
An event where actors act a play for an audience
1
3.7
A staged play that actors perform live for an audience
1
9.6
The art of writing and making plays for the stage
1
4.4
To write, produce, and perform plays for the theatre
1
3.8
An event where people put on a play with actors, a director, and stage sets
1
4.8
The activity of writing and making plays for the theatre
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
Morphology
theatrics = theatre (transparent) = theatre + ics
This sense denotes the art or practice of theatre, a direct nominalization with '-ics' denoting a field or practice.
Etymology
Theatrics comes from the Greek theatron meaning 'place for seeing' and the part thea meaning 'to see', the same root used in theatre. So it naturally means the art or practice of making plays and stage shows for an audience.