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histrionics
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun histrionics has 2 senses
- histrionics(n = noun.communication) representation, theatrical, theatrical performance - a performance of a play; Array is a kind of performance, public presentation
- histrionics(n = noun.communication) Array - a deliberate display of emotion for effect; Array is a kind of display
has particulars: matinee
Derived form adjective histrionic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
histrionics, n.
- The histrionic art; stageplaying; acting. [PJC]
- Insincere, exaggeratedly emotional or overly dramatical speech or behavior performed to create an impression rather than as an expression of true feeling; feigned emotion. [PJC]
THESAURUS
histrionics
Thespian art, amateur theatricals, blazon, blood and thunder, bravura, brilliancy, daring, dash, demonstration, demonstrativeness, display, dramatic art, dramatic form, dramatic irony, dramatic stroke, dramatic structure, dramaticism, dramatics, dramatism, dramaturgy, eclat, emotional appeal, emotionalism, emotionality, emotionalization, emotionalizing, emotiveness, emotivity, etalage, exhibition, exhibitionism, false front, fanfaronade, figure, flair, flaunt, flaunting, flourish, histrionism, human interest, love interest, making scenes, manifestation, melodrama, melodramatics, nonrationalness, pageant, pageantry, parade, play construction, sensationalism, sham, show, showing-off, spectacle, splash, splurge, staginess, theatricalism, theatricality, theatricals, theatricism, theatrics, unreasoningness, vaunt, visceralness, yellow journalism
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