theatricalityn.
/θiːˌatrɪˈkalɪti/ 1.
a. The quality or character of being theatrical; theatricalness. With a and plural an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > affected behaviour or affectation > [noun] > theatrical or exaggerated behaviour
histrionicism1665
histrionisma1682
theatricalness1727
theatricality1837
play-actorism1851
theatricalism1854
performance1864
melodramatics1865
theatricism1872
camping1922
histrionics1922
theatric1929
amateur dramatics1984
the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [noun]
stage-work1649
scenery1726
theatricalness1727
dramatizing1808
show1822
theatricality1837
pyrotechny1845
theatricalism1854
sensational1861
sensationalism1862
sensationism1862
theatricism1872
theatricalization1875
dramaticism1878
dramatism1880
spectacularity1883
spectacularism1888
theatre1926
son et lumière1968
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. i. ix. 64 By act and word he strives to do it; with sincerity, if possible; failing that, with theatricality.
1880 R. L. Nettleship Hellenica 112 A tendency to theatricality and effusiveness.
1889 Times 27 Feb. 9/2 The absurd theatricalities with which the..campaign is now mainly carried on.
b. transferred. A theatrical personage.
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the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > spectacular, sensational, or dramatic display > [noun] > person
tragedy queen1715
theatricality1841
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes ii. 74 This Mahomet..we will in no wise consider as an Inanity and Theatricality.
1892 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 657 Two such theatricalities as Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Lytton.
2. A theatrical matter; a dramatic performance.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > dramatic performance
scene1572
representation?1589
presentationa1616
scene work1642
dramatics1796
dramaticalc1826
dramaturgy1837
theatricalitya1871
stage-work1906
a1871 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 164 I remember once taking her to Drury Lane Theatre... Of the theatricality itself that night I can remember absolutely nothing.
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