Thespianismn.
/ˈθɛspɪənɪz(ə)m/ The art of acting, dramatic art.
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theatrics1807
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Thespianism1914
1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iii. viii. 664 Scarcely ever did the Academic Muse enter the O.U.D.S... She must greatly dislike Thespianism with all that it connoted of mildewed statuary in an English garden.
1928 Daily Express 79 Oct. 9 He still wraps round him..the rags of a tattered toga of Thespianism.
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