psychodramatic
- a word derived from psychodrama.
Example Sentences
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Functional adults can dismiss Ayn Rand and her petty tyrannizing over acolytes, her psychodramatic love affair with cult deputy Nathaniel Branden, and her continuing ability to inspire teenagers with a Nietzsche complex.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
So the series also offers an elaborate psychodramatic narrative embellishment — a sort of study guide — expressed in frequent discussions of the work of Carl Jung and his collaborator Toni Wolff.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
The psychodramatic reconstruction of Manenti’s own experience, her recovery of submerged memories through her performance, converges with her empathetic effort to embody Coolidge’s experience as well.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 9, 2018
De Palma’s very quest for authority, his impossible dream of the total and absolute image that would fulfill his vision of Hollywood glory, is the untapped psychodramatic undercurrent of his films.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 2, 2016
A multicolored whirlwind of melodramatic poses and psychodramatic substance, of frivolity and tenacity, Irene is the less than constant wife of a local businessman.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
