self-dramatizing

American  

[self-dram-uh-tahy-zing, -drah-muh-, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈdræm əˌtaɪ zɪŋ, -ˈdrɑ mə-, ˈsɛlf- /

adjective

1. exaggerating one's own qualities, role, situation, etc., for dramatic effect or as an attention-getting device; presenting oneself dramatically.

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Other Word Forms

• self-dramatization
  noun

Etymology

Origin of self-dramatizing

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

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self-dramatizing

But I was still shocked by Monday’s self-dramatizing use of their platform.

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

Katarina Joy Lopez takes on the most self-dramatizing of the characters, Austrian composer and author Alma Mahler, Gustav Mahler’s former wife who later married Gropius in a tortured, ill-fated union.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2024

He describes how Brown’s self-dramatizing performance during his trial turned him into the inspiring popular martyr whose soul would mythically go marching on.

From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2020

This quality makes for a radically self-dramatizing conception of politics.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2019

But it does boast some noteworthy characters — particularly the troublemaking Constance, a royal, self-dramatizing stage mother intent on seeing her son ascend the throne.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2018