单词 | theatricalize |
释义 | theatricalizev. 1. transitive. To make or render theatrical. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.1778 |
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