theatricalizev.
/θiːˈatrɪkəlʌɪz/ 1. transitive. To make or render theatrical.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [verb (transitive)] > dramatize
theatricalize1778
dramatize1780
adapt1793
theatralize1825
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > imbue with vigour or force [verb (transitive)] > dramatize
theatricalize1778
dramatize1823
theatrize1888
1778 F. Burney Let. Sept. in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 146 I shall, occasionally Theatricalize my Dialogues.
1899 Westm. Gaz. 2 June 2/1 The scene in which the unhappy hero has his epaulettes..torn from him, and his sword broken, though a little too ‘theatricalised’, is really very moving.
1909 Daily Chron. 9 Sept. 5/3 As Lamb has said, any attempt to theatricalise the grandeur of Shakespeare's conception must fail.
2. intransitive.
a. To act on the stage.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > acting > act [verb (intransitive)]
playa1450
to play (also act) a (also one's) part1540
representa1547
act1598
interlude1608
personate1623
to tread the stage (the boards)1691
perform1724
to go on1769
theatricalize1794
histrionize1851
play-act1856
1794 S. T. Coleridge Let. to R. Southey in Lett. (1895) 86 It is an Ipswich Fair time, and the Norwich company are theatricalizing.
b. To attend or frequent theatrical performances.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > go to theatre [verb (intransitive)]
theatricalize1833
theatre1896
1833 E. FitzGerald Lett. (1889) I. 20 He and I have been theatricalizing lately. We saw an awful Hamlet the other night.
Derivatives
theˌatricaliˈzation n. the process of making theatrical; dramatization; also figurative.
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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
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [noun] > excessive action
overdoing1340
dramatizing1808
theatricalization1875
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > [noun] > dramatization
dramatization1796
tragedization1796
dramatizing1808
dramatism1834
tragedizinga1849
theatricalization1875
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > dramatic style of writing > making dramatic
dramatization1846
theatricalization1875
1875 W. D. Howells Foregone Concl. iii Ferris was an uncompromising enemy of the theatricalisation of Italy.
1890 Judy 1 Oct. 160/1 Ravenswood, as Herman Merivale calls his dramatization, or theatricalization, of the story of ‘The Bride of Lammermoor’.
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