theatricalism

[thee-a-tri-kuh-liz-uhm] / θiˈæ trɪ kəˌlɪz əm /

NOUN

showy behavior

Synonyms

WEAK

acting exhibitionism histrionics stagecraft staginess theatricality theatricalness theatrics

Example Sentences

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The Dragon was what the Dragon was, and if his service was theatrical, theatricalism is ennobled when its boards are the soil itself and each of its actors an Ant�us, strong because his foot is upon the ground that bred him.

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There was an amazing, almost tangible spirit in the place: a mingling of childlike devotion and equally childlike theatricalism.

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I'm going to introduce a course in practical theatricalism.

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The words were despairing enough and spoken faintly, but that touch of the old theatricalism was so much more natural than the hoarse, uncadenced speech alternating with the insane listening to nothing at all, that Nan took heart.

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And just as, after the wreck of some great liner, only trifles are left floating over the grave of the Titan, so the woman's surface theatricalism survived the loss of more considerable things.

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