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adjective Also, the·at·ric.
1.
of or pertaining to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
2.
suggestive of the theater or of acting; artificial, pompous, spectacular, or extravagantly histrionic: a theatrical display of grief.
noun
3.
theatricals,
a.
dramatic performances, now especially as given by amateurs.
b.
artificial or histrionic actions.
4.
a professional actor: a family of renowned theatricals.
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Theatric
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Origin:
1550–60; < Late Latin theātric(us) < Greek theātrikós, equivalent to theā́tr(on) theater + -ikos -ic + -al1
1550–60; < Late Latin theātric(us) < Greek theātrikós, equivalent to theā́tr(on) theater + -ikos -ic + -al1
Related forms
the·at·ri·cal·ly, adverb
half-the·at·ri·cal, adjective
non·the·at·ric, adjective
non·the·at·ri·cal, adjective
EXPANDnon·the·at·ri·cal·ly, adverb
o·ver·the·at·ri·cal, adjective
o·ver·the·at·ri·cal·ly, adverb
o·ver·the·at·ri·cal·ness, noun
qua·si-the·at·ri·cal, adjective
qua·si-the·at·ri·cal·ly, adverb
sem·i·the·at·ric, adjective
sem·i·the·at·ri·cal, adjective
sem·i·the·at·ri·cal·ly, adverb
un·the·at·ric, adjective
un·the·at·ri·cal, adjective
un·the·at·ri·cal·ly, adverb
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. exaggerated, melodramatic, stagy, extravagant.
2. exaggerated, melodramatic, stagy, extravagant.
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