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stanislavsky

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Stan⋅i⋅slav⋅ski

  [stan-uh-slahv-skee, -slahf-; Russ. stuh-nyi-slahf-skyee]
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Kon⋅stan⋅tin  [kon-stuhn-teen; Russ. kuhn-stuhn-tyeen] , (Konstantin Sergeevich Alekseev), 1863–1938, Russian actor, producer, and director.
Also, Stan⋅i⋅slav⋅sky.
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Stan·i·slav·sky   (stān'ĭ-släv'skē, -släf'-)   
Russian actor and director. A founder of the Moscow Art Theater, he produced many of Chekhov's plays and developed an innovative method of acting that emphasizes the psychological motivation of the actor.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Stanislavsky 
in ref. to a method of acting, 1924, from Rus. actor and director Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863-1938).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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