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单词 theatricality
释义
theatricality
noun[U]
uk
/θiˌæt.rɪˈkæl.ə.ti/us
/θiˌæt.rɪˈkæl.ə.t̬i/

theatricalitynoun[U](RELATED TO THEATRE)

thequalityofbelongingorrelatingto thetheatre, or to theperformanceor writing ofplays,opera, etc.:
戏剧性
Themusichelpstocreateaheightenedtheatricality.音乐有助于创造一种高度的戏剧性。
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  • He writes his ownlibrettos, which areclever,funnyand oftenrhymed, and he sets them tomusicwith an easygoing theatricality.
  • Some of the theatricality sointegralto hisstageproductionscan beseenin thechoreographyfor his owncompany.
  • Thescenesat thepoets'caferadiatetheatricality, as Beatyoffersupstirringversionsof each contestant'spoem.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Theatre - general words
  • audio described
  • audio description
  • break
  • break a legidiom
  • community theatre
  • diegetic
  • double bill
  • hold
  • kabuki
  • musical
  • Noh
  • non-theatrical
  • nondramatic
  • premiere
  • preview
  • puppetry
  • scenography
  • slapstick
  • thespian
  • vaudeville
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theatricalitynoun[U](EXAGGERATED BEHAVIOUR)

behaviourthat isextremeand notsincere, and that isintendedtoattractattention:
夸张的举止
She is like mymotherin her theatricality.她像我母亲一样夸张。
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theatrical
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  • No theatricality here, onlyrestraint.
  • Her theatricality wasreservedfor heroffstagebehaviour.
  • Commonsexchangesarewonnot byfact, but by theatricality and by giving theimpressionthat youbelievepassionatelyin what you are saying.
  • You wouldpaygoodmoneyjust towatchhis hands-on-hips theatricality, hisgoalcelebrationsand hisquizzicallooks.
  • Nor did he go in for the theatricality of thepreviousprimeminister.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Affected & insincere
  • affectation
  • affected
  • affectedly
  • archly
  • artificial
  • feyness
  • forced
  • fustian
  • glib
  • glibly
  • posey
  • preciously
  • preciousness
  • precocious
  • precociousness
  • theatrically
  • tokenism
  • tokenistic
  • two-faced
  • ultra-slick
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(Definition oftheatricalityfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftheatricality

theatricality
He explores the dynamic between his concert and installation works, and extends the journey by discussing the 'theatricalityof minimalism'.
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It makes fashionable claims about the 'theatricality' of preaching and about the ' nuanced ' readings on offer in subsequent essays.
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For believers, communion with the dead is the essence of life; power, oppression,theatricality, sexuality, art, pale before the allure of the world beyond.
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This spectacular asceticism highlights thetheatricalityof these actions, disseminated to wider audiences through verbal communications, very rare images, and written sources such as hagiographies.
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It also cultivates thetheatricalityof the painting.
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It achieves a desired quality oftheatricalityin a non-theatrical context.
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This porosity creates a sense of urbantheatricalityand intimacy.
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Observation of minute traces has revealed several indicators of 'theatricality' in much of the repertoire.
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I locate the poisonous source of thattheatricalityin the novel's originating sin: the promiscuity of woman.
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This spirit of excess represented in the entrance canopy is an inherent quality oftheatricalityin draped architecture.
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Here, the entrance through the door signals the verytheatricalityof the presentation.
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They treat established notions oftheatricalitywith a suspicion that places their work on a border between performance and theatre.
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The representation of what has been entombed in the offstage as the unconscious of the stage is the presence of the uncannytheatricality.
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The first is the modern persistence of baroque - now neo-baroque -theatricalityas a principle of totalising cultural representation and political control.
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She takes thetheatricalityout of high drama, reduces the mythological to something banal.
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