psychodrama

[sahy-koh-drah-muh, -dram-uh, sahy-koh-drah-muh, -dram-uh]

noun

1. a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.

psychodrama

/ ˌsaɪkəʊdrəˈmætɪk, ˈsaɪkəʊˌdrɑːmə /

noun

1. psychiatry a form of group therapy in which individuals act out, before an audience, situations from their past

2. a film, television drama, etc, in which the psychological development of the characters is emphasized

Other Word Forms

• psychodramatic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychodrama¹

First recorded in 1935–40; psycho- + drama

Example Sentences

So maybe what really matters is not perhaps the psychodrama of Sir Tony Blair and the controversial opinions people hold about him.

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It’s impossible to watch “Die My Love” and not be hypnotized by its swampy psychodrama: the violent postpartum death throes of a marriage that has little reason to continue.

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Backed by a miniature orchestra, she put a jazzy spin on hits like You Don't Know Me, Oscar Winning Tears and her award-winning psychodrama Escapism.

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Her latest movie, “Die, My Love,” a marital psychodrama starring an impressively unhinged Jennifer Lawrence, has just hours earlier been acquired by Mubi, the upstart distributor that released last year’s “The Substance,” in a deal reported at $24 million.

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It’s one thing to croon about the aftertaste of youthful excess to a dirty, mesmerizing dance beat, however, and another to draw the subject out to a compelling feature length, which the turgid psychodrama “Hurry Up Tomorrow,” starring Tesfaye and directed by Trey Edward Shults, mostly fails to do.

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