dramatics

See also: dramàtics

English

Noun

dramatics (uncountable)

1. (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of acting and stagecraft.
   • 2005, Carol Seefeldt, How to Work with Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom:

     By providing opportunities, time, and props, teachers can help children achieve the theatre standards of participating in sociodramatic playgroups and taking on roles of others in creative dramatics.

2. (used with a singular or plural verb) dramatic behaviour.

Translations

the art of acting and stagecraft

• Latin: histriōnia f
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Synonyms

• (dramatic behaviour): histrionics