theatricalism
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of theatricalism
First recorded in 1850–55; theatrical + -ism
Example Sentences
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THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE—Early Shaw, revived by the Theatre Guild, and proving that early Shaw is a good deal better than most up-to-the-minute theatricalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
But, taken as a whole, the play fails, and for three reasons: a faultiness of structure, an obsessiveness of attitude, an empurpling theatricalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
So much oratory has its touches of eloquence, so much theatricalism its flashes of theater.
From Time Magazine Archive
The acting styles range all the way from the theatricalism of Maurice Evans as a simpering Caesar to Mature's deadpanning.
From Time Magazine Archive
And Lady Durwent, free of all theatricalism, was dumb with the mother's pain of losing her first-born.
From The Parts Men Play by Baxter, Arthur Beverley
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