Meaning
2 senses(plural, singular)The art of acting and stagecraft.
the art of writing and producing plays
(plural, singular)Dramatic behaviour.
Examples
1 sentencesWe got hooked on it, the excitement, the dramatics and the whole thing.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From dramatic + -s; see -ics.From dramatic + -s; see -ics.
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Forms
plural: dramaticses| Singular | dramatics |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- the art of writing and producing plays:dramaturgydramatic arttheatertheatre
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsociodramatics
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.