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   The·at·ri·cal

   /THēˈatrək(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to acting, actors, or the theater: "theatrical productions" Similar stagedramaticthespiandramaturgicalshow-businessinformal:showbizrare:histrionictheatric
   • 2. exaggerated and excessively dramatic: "Henry looked over his shoulder with theatrical caution" Similar exaggeratedostentatiousactressystagyshowymelodramaticoveractedoverdoneoverripehistrionicactorlyaffectedmanneredartificialstiltedunrealforcedinformal:hammyhamcampyOpposite naturalunaffected

   noun

   • 1. a professional actor or actress: dated "a boarding house that catered for theatricals"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: via late Latin from Greek theatrikos (from theatron ‘theater’) + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. theatricalism noun

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