presentational
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Etymology
Origin of presentational
First recorded in 1885–90; presentation + -al 1
Example Sentences
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I find that playwrights are often at their liveliest when writing in a presentational mood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2025
"Really anytime you have content, you also have these presentational and prioritisation choices that can be subject to suit."
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2023
In 2020, longtime military graphics collector Tim Hwang launched a Twitter account, @DefenseCharts, a feed “dedicated to the presentational aesthetics of the defense-industrial complex.”
From Slate ● Feb. 8, 2023
Here, the style is broadly presentational, with some dialogue spoken into stand microphones and other lines rendered without amplification.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022
But the presentational styles of their campaigns are markedly different: Rishi Sunak is slick, Liz Truss pointedly isn't.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2022
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