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psychodrama
[ sahy-koh-drah-muh, -dram-uh, sahy-koh-drah-muh, -dram-uh ]
noun
- a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
psychodrama
/ ˌsaɪkəʊdrəˈmætɪk; ˈsaɪkəʊˌdrɑːmə /
noun
- psychiatry a form of group therapy in which individuals act out, before an audience, situations from their past
- a film, television drama, etc, in which the psychological development of the characters is emphasized
Derived Forms
- psychodramatic, adjective
Other Words From
- psy·cho·dra·mat·ic [sahy-koh-dr, uh, -, mat, -ik], adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of psychodrama1
Example Sentences
In Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love, Crispin writes, “the focus of attention is the self, and the beautiful locale becomes the backdrop of the real action, which is interior psychodrama.”
The sorry French psychodrama surrounding the Rwanda tragedy has to stop.
And the curse of the Boomer psychodrama about the Clintons will be canceled for lack of interest.
And the psychodrama that ensued has been a gift that keeps on giving.
The psychodrama is finally penetrated by news when the BP oil spill takes place (I know, soooo 2010).
Tweeters compared the new "psychodrama" to Feydeau, the Belle Epoque playwright famed for bedroom farce.
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