theatrical
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trɪ 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.
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
non·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
Synonyms
2. exaggerated, melodramatic, stagy, extravagant.
2. exaggerated, melodramatic, stagy, extravagant.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to the theatre or dramatic performances |
| 2. | exaggerated and affected in manner or behaviour; histrionic |
| theatri'cality | |
| —n | |
| the'atricalness | |
| —n | |
| the'atrically | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
theatrical
1550s, "pertaining to the theater," from theater. Sense of "stagy, histrionic" is attested from 1709.
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Example sentences
The project stemmed from his personal view that all sport is theater: dramatic, theatrical, viewed by an audience of millions.
Television is wedded to the dramatic gesture, and legislative bodies when legislating rarely act in a theatrical fashion.
The strictly theatrical value of the plays does not much concern us here.
But he is cowed by the new intake of theatrical extremists bent on playing at budget discipline rather than achieving it.
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