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theatricism

American  
[thee-a-truh-siz-uhm] / θiˈæ trəˌsɪz əm /

Etymology

Origin of theatricism

First recorded in 1870–75; theatric(s) + -ism


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This ability, talent, virtue, or genius, whatever you may wish to name it, is without theatricism and therefore without spectacular demonstration either of the sitter or the method employed in rendering them.

From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley

All this was, of course, in keeping with the theatricism of the period in which it was produced, which is one of the best things to be said of it.

From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley

This is too little appreciated in the melodramatic theatricism of our life.

From A Guest at the Ludlow and Other Stories by Edgar Wilson

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