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theatricality /θɪatrɪˈkalɪti /noun [mass noun]1The quality of being exaggerated and excessively dramatic: the drama and theatricality of High Court trials...- There seemed to be an emphasis on theatricality in some of the booths at the fair.
- The museum's Aztec art show revels in brutal theatricality.
- The museum's aims of scholarship and preservation of real objects are being displaced by an emphasis on virtual experiences, theatricality, and emotional rhetoric.
2The quality of relating to acting or the theatre: live performers give the installation an inherent theatricality the heightened theatricality of the film...- In fact, the entire cast has a delicious time with their roles, bringing a brash theatricality to the proceedings.
- The exuberance and sheer theatricality of the entire production certainly helped to sustain continuity and clarity.
- In the film, the mirrors make for a theatricality that can seem stilted.
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