theatricalism
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of theatricalism
First recorded in 1850–55; theatrical + -ism
Example Sentences
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Yet, as Edmund Wilson observed in an otherwise critical essay: "There remains behind the journalism, the theatricalism and the tricks, a mind which does seem first-rate in its unpanicky scrutiny of life."
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
More culpably, Williams' gift for theatricalism makes the how of Suddenly Last Summer devour the why, turns the horrifying means into an end in itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
It must be admitted that for sheer theatricalism that gentleman beat any composer who preceded him.
From Richard Wagner Composer of Operas by Runciman, John F.
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