DRAMATISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dramatisation mean? 

• DRAMATISATION (noun)
  The noun DRAMATISATION has 2 senses:

1. conversion into dramatic form

2. a dramatic representation

  Familiarity information: DRAMATISATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAMATISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Conversion into dramatic form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dramatisation; dramatization

Context example:

the play was a dramatization of a short story

Hypernyms ("dramatisation" is a kind of...):

authorship; composition; penning; writing (the act of creating written works)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A dramatic representation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

dramatisation; dramatization

Hypernyms ("dramatisation" is a kind of...):

representation (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dramatisation"):

guerrilla theater; street theater (dramatization of a social issue; enacted outside in a park or on the street)

puppetry (a stilted dramatic performance (as if by puppets))

Derivation:

dramatise (represent something in a dramatic manner)

dramatise (put into dramatic form)