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THEATRICALITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theatricality mean? 

THEATRICALITY (noun)
  The noun THEATRICALITY has 1 sense:

1. an artificial and mannered qualityplay

  Familiarity information: THEATRICALITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THEATRICALITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An artificial and mannered quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

staginess; theatricality

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

artificiality (the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally)

Derivation:

theatrical (suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater)

theatrical (of or relating to the theater)


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