overdramatization

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

English dramatization

English overdramatization

From over- + dramatization.

Noun

overdramatization (countable and uncountable, plural overdramatizations)

1. The act or process of overdramatizing.
2. Something overdramatized.