| Main Entry: | method acting |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a dramatic technique in which actors identify as closely as possible with the character played by correlating experiences from their personal lives to the character; also called Stanislavsky system |
| Etymology: | created by Konstantin Stanislavsky |
| method acting | |
noun | |
| an acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed |