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

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Etymology

Origin of self-dramatizing

First recorded in 1935–40

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Example Sentences

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self-dramatizing

Queen Victoria was an intense, self-dramatizing monarch, and Cecil Woodham-Smith made a specialty of writing about women like her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

As self-dramatizing as she is self-effacing, the character is ill-equipped for everyday life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025

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

From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024

Beane’s always palpable love of theater, and satirical eye for its self-dramatizing denizens, suggested a lighthearted romp in the metaphysical woods.

From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2021

Uplift winds up getting the better of “Don’t Worry,” in which Phoenix delivers an impressively committed performance that nonetheless can’t overcome the movie’s worship of Callahan’s most immature, solipsistic and self-dramatizing foibles.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2018

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